BEGI SS SG DP Difficult to Fit Together
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Should it be this hard to fit the 2 pieces together? Or should the bigger just slip over the smaller pipe, w/ ease?
It looks like the piping isn't truly round on one end.
Any tips?
It looks like the piping isn't truly round on one end.
Any tips?
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Mine was a true bitch to slip together, prob better solutions, but...
I GENTLY wedged something, and applied forced between the 2 divorced pieces on 1 half of the DP until they lined up properly with the 2 pieces on the other side. Then pushed together.
I installed on the car like that, and then tightened the nut on the bolt that keeps the 2 halves together.
I GENTLY wedged something, and applied forced between the 2 divorced pieces on 1 half of the DP until they lined up properly with the 2 pieces on the other side. Then pushed together.
I installed on the car like that, and then tightened the nut on the bolt that keeps the 2 halves together.
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Mine was a true bitch to slip together, prob better solutions, but...
I GENTLY wedged something, and applied forced between the 2 divorced pieces on 1 half of the DP until they lined up properly with the 2 pieces on the other side. Then pushed together.
I installed on the car like that, and then tightened the nut on the bolt that keeps the 2 halves together.
I GENTLY wedged something, and applied forced between the 2 divorced pieces on 1 half of the DP until they lined up properly with the 2 pieces on the other side. Then pushed together.
I installed on the car like that, and then tightened the nut on the bolt that keeps the 2 halves together.
I have the 2 pieces slipped together. I just can't push them down. Seems like something is binding the smaller pipe from going down into the larger pipe.
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I had the opposite problem. Mine was too loose that to get it to stop rattling I had to tighten the bolt up so much it brought the bottom section too close and it rattled against the transmission. I had an exhaust pipe expanded I used to make the fit much tighter. I also welded one end of the bolt to the DP, made tightening that bolt a little easier. They would have been better off with a band clamp.
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Same thing applies, get somethign in there to wedge, otherwise it'll still be a bitch. Wiggle, TAPPING with rubber mallet, and I even used some wd40, but dont think it did too much.
But use the wedging technique even while your tryign to push them together. Mine were kinda too close together, and even after slipping it on, still wasn't going without wedging to line it up
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