09-23-2018, 03:33 PM | #23 |
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For the life of me I can't get the vband clamps on. I barely have any strength left, I'm sore, and tired of this. It just won't line up! I have the bottom loose and not tightened, I put the exhaust hangers back on, should I undo them?
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09-23-2018, 08:51 PM | #24 |
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Well, finally got it... the vbands didn't line up so I had to do a lot of pushing and pulling and twisting the pipes. I had to take off the exhaust hangers again to get them to finally sit even close to right. I still had to really fight to get the vbands on and tightened. Hope they aren't leaking. Took the car for a victory cruise after and immediately forgot what it took to get there. I left the lower heat shields off, at least for now... I still have to reinstall the vacuum canisters and the mount for the hoses. This basically took me all weekend, but I was burdened with people visiting, (not to help) and missing/breaking tools. All worth it in the end though! Learned a lot about my x5M and it was fun, except when it wasn't.
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09-24-2018, 09:50 AM | #26 |
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Thanks! I think what ended up being the major problem was the guy who welded the bolts in welded them in crooked. So they took a bit to get them in the 2bolt flange, then that made the vband side line up a bit off. I was lucky mine have the flex section so I was able to push and pull with a couple bars and it lined up enough to force the vband clamp to do the rest of the work...
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04-06-2020, 12:47 PM | #29 | ||
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My DPs did not come with the bolts welded on so I have to buy a welder (we have shelter in place orders due to covid19). I mocked up a ghetto jig to make sure the bolts are sitting true or similar to the stock dps. Pics below. Hopefully the DPs sit better once the bolts sit in correctly to the mid flange that is secured to the transmission (the piece that sits in middle of the downpipe flange and front pipe of exhaust). |
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