Installing new exhaust crossover gasket
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Its a pain in the ***!
I ruined two of them trying to get mine in there and i still only got 95% of it in. There is a little bit hanging out the tip of the pipe still but I gave up.
I wanted to post a thread to see if there was a "trick" but other than fitting it on the other end havent seen anything yet.
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I ruined two of them trying to get mine in there and i still only got 95% of it in. There is a little bit hanging out the tip of the pipe still but I gave up.
I wanted to post a thread to see if there was a "trick" but other than fitting it on the other end havent seen anything yet.
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I had to do this otherwise I would have ruined my new gasket as well.
I hope this helps you next time.
Good luck.
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Try this next time. Take the crossover pipe off and remove the clamp completely. Put a large dow rod or pipe in a vise and open the pipe up some. It has 4 relief cuts in it, once it has been clamped they are never as "opened" as they were before the first time. You may have to open your clamp up some more to get it back on if you open the pipe enough.
I had to do this otherwise I would have ruined my new gasket as well.
I hope this helps you next time.
Good luck.
I had to do this otherwise I would have ruined my new gasket as well.
I hope this helps you next time.
Good luck.
That is pretty much the approach I took. I spread the end of the header pipe enough to get the gasket in. Problem was getting the clamp back on. The crimp spacer or whatever it is called kept on catching so I had to squeeze the pipe in a little to get it on. In the process of all of this the gasket got FUBARED.
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Ah ha!!! Thanks for that tip. Gonna pick up one of those. So how did ya get the clamp on once it was expanded????
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