mouth 112 m an annular connector flange 114 is sealingly interfaced interiorly with respect to the ribbed mouth 112 m which may be aided by a plastic insert 112 i the connector flange 114 may be press fit or be internally molded the connector flange 114 may be composed of plastic or metal a corrosion resistant metal being preferred referring now to fig1 through 5 the first exemplar application of the bearing interfaced flanged boot 100 will be detailed with respect to the slip yoke mechanism 102 the transmission housing 104 has a bushing 104 b and an adjacent recessed annular seal seat 116 a generally conventional annular seal 118 is provided which has an outer surface 118 a that is pressed into the free or open end 114 a of the connector flange 114 then the free end 114 a of the connector flange 114 inherently along with the interiorly disposed annular seal 118 is press fit into the annular seal seat 116 the above mentioned rolling bearing 110 has an inner race 110 a that is rollingly rotatable with respect to an outer race 110 b as for example in the form of a roller needle bearing or a ball bearing the slip yoke 106 has an annular bearing seat 120 onto which the inner race 110 a of.