D,delvryboy wrote:I tacked them off the bike. Everything lined up pretty good. :thank goodness: I thought about that after the fact. It was a real pain to get the pipes all the way up to the inner lip in the coupler, I doubt I would of been able to do it with the couplers already bolted to the head. I used a liquid exhaust manifold weld inside the coupler and then put a couple tacks per pipe. The couplers are a softer aluminum and I didn't want to burn them up.
I know though, it would of been a disaster had everything not lined up.
On another note, these pipes haven't been all the way in for a long time. It took me 30 minutes to get all of the carbon cleaned out from the inside of the couplers.
On race bikes in the past I have used high heat Silicon glue as a sealant it is elastic enough to keep the seal when the engine shakes the pipes on their rubber mounts and is easy to break for maintenance and easy to peel out the spigot & out side the pipe.
Anyway I am just glad you got it solved and can go ride
Another satisfied member LoL
