Replace exhaust port gaskets?
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Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Stafford VA
Might want to grab 2 sets just in case 
(10 bucks) I installed mine by flipping the exhaust flange over and tightening each side down equally until the flange bottomed out.
rk classic
(10 bucks) I installed mine by flipping the exhaust flange over and tightening each side down equally until the flange bottomed out.rk classic
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From: SE Wisconsin
Plus one!
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Do not use the original equipment H-D exhaust gaskets. They will be nearly impossible to install and are restrictive. Use the Screamin Eagle gaskets which are basically a ring. No restriction and easy to install and can be re-used (I have done it). They will work no matter the shape of the exhaust pipe.)
(Quote:
Originally Posted by Guntoter View Post
Do not use the original equipment H-D exhaust gaskets. They will be nearly impossible to install and are restrictive. Use the Screamin Eagle gaskets which are basically a ring. No restriction and easy to install and can be re-used (I have done it). They will work no matter the shape of the exhaust pipe.)
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Joined: Jan 2008
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From: SoCal
2 schools of thought on the gaskets. The oem should seal better but can distort badly and crush into the exhaust port and in effect hamper exhaust flow. The flat SE style are more finicky to get to seal up but should not distort in exhaust port. Thats why they make them that way. If the oem style had zero downside to it no one would make them different than that.
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From: Utah
Use the gasket the header manufacturer recommends. The HD Stock pipe is beveled at the end so use a beveled gasket. If the end of the head pipe is flat like Vance & Hines use the flat screamin eagle gasket.
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