Orange RTV and a big hammerOver the years the ball joint connecting my headers and down pipes has taken a beating an no longer seals up perfectly.
Anybody using a gasket or something in the joint to help it seal better??
Over the years the ball joint connecting my headers and down pipes has taken a beating an no longer seals up perfectly.
Anybody using a gasket or something in the joint to help it seal better??
Brian,
I had mine repaired at a work a couple times and never could keep the connections sealed for very long if racing or spending a lot of time on the dyno. That was one of the reasons I went to the longtube headers.
If doing it over, I would have kept them and reworked the headers to have a V-band connection.
David
Orange RTV and a big hammer
Seriously though, inspect the area where the pipe meets the header flange. I discovered that as the flange warped over time, it was interfering with the exhaust pipe and bottoming out. The next time I took my exhaust down, I ground down some of the "socket" connection on the down tube and my exhaust sealed a lot better.