<HTML>In a message dated 1/11/02 12:00:54 PM Central Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Can I cut the bushings at the key bottom and not have any flap - much like many center rail bushings are cut? </BLOCKQUOTE> Terry Yes, this is the easiest and best way to do it. There is no reason for the flap, other than when keys are bushed in the factory, there is a flap. They probably found that in the process of cutting out the mortise to receive the bushing, it was faster to add a little cut out for the flap, than to pay someone to cut the ends off the bushing cloth. Now you're stuck with that the job. Wim </HTML>