I do remember (I am at work now but will check wehn I get home) that when I installed them that I positioned the fitting so that it would be easy to access when I put it together. So I pointed both of them towards the driveshaft on both the front and rear joints. But I will go back and look and see if they are both facing either down or up as well. But to that point, is having them both pointing inwards towards the driveshaft considered aligned?