connected to said radially extending sealing portion and extending into the sliding ring groove application_number US 89649704 A description referring to the drawings in particular the invention comprises a bellows seal arrangement or boot seal arrangement generally designated 10 the boot seal arrangement 10 includes a boot seal 12 and a snap in slipping ring or bellows seal element 14 the boot seal 12 has a housing end 15 and a connection piece end 18 the connection piece end 18 has an annular surface 16 with an annular guiding groove 20 the slipping ring 14 has a connection piece engagement portion with surface 22 and opposite boot seal engaging surface 26 the slipping ring 14 also has a sliding ring portion 28 fig2 shows the sealing ring 14 with boot sealing engaging surface 26 in a position ready to be seated in contact with sealing boot surface 16 the sliding ring portion 30 snaps into guiding groove 20 with widened portion 32 passing through a narrow entranceway 64 into widened portion 23 of guiding groove 20 fig3 shows the sliding ring portion 30 snapped into the dining groove 20 the boot seal arrangement 10 is advantageously used with a ball and socket joint including ball 36 with pin 38 as shown in fig4 the ball 36 is seated in a housing 44 via intermediate bearing insert the pin 38 is connected to a connecting piece or knuckle 40 the sealing boot 12 is connected at end 15 to the housing 44 via a clamping ring 46 the end 18 of sealing boot 12 is connected to the pin 38 by a clamping ring 48 the clamping ring 48 may be omitted as discussed further below fig5 shows the knuckle 40 with a sealing boot facing.