I bought a bellows "original" but its hardness and lack of malleability does it not encourage me to try replacing as it required dismantling the tripod constant velocity and for that you need a hydraulic press. This template is very flexible, very durable and surprisingly elastic. I had no problem to pass over the tulip 70mm diameter with mounting cone that is amortized over a single operation because I saved my gimbal one hundred euros (standard exchange value). If you like mechanics, evolution through this choice that is justified by the time to devote to replace a bellows, hardly longer than unwrapping a new universal joint, but especially by the indisputable savings (if Cardan did not suffer of course)