Header exhaust leak

mexican

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2012 Carpenter Silver BACK240
How do i fux this? Looks to me like is just held by the spring, i can feel it blowing between the header snd the exhaust
 
Was going to upload a video but thinks get more and more advanced by the minute putting me that much far behind in technology
 
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Hey bro sad to see that
It may be that nuts are locking down on the stud instead of squeezing and sealing the exhaust gasket.
Try to back the nut off if it was too tight it may pull the stud.
On a capped nut I am careful not to Let the nut tighten on the stud but tighten on the exhaust flange.
Hope this helps my friend.
 
stingray said:
Probably a blown gasket or cracked header flange.
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The header flange/manifold is made of aluminum. Bob Carpenter set it up like that kind of like sport bike with stainless steel springs as retainers. The stainless header runners just slip over the custum header flange/manifold. When I get back to Illinois I'll look at the 3 sets I have to see if my newest set are Identical to the original style
I believe he made some suttle changes .
Oh and I'm not talking about the spaghetti snake leg burner pipes
 
The exhaust color around the nuts suggest that the nuts aren't clamping properly.
 
warp9.9 said:
I didn't like that on mine either. Even though they never came off I added the T style clamps and never looked back.
They are stainless steel to so they don't rust !!!
Hope this helps Lupe !!!!
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It doesn't look like there's enough on the header to clamp to?
 
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