I have never in my life cussed soo much as I did removing the catless offroad y pipe off my truck only after being installed 6 months. Complete PITD! I had to slit the pipe while it was on the collector with a cutoff wheel to get it loose. My mod to this going back on is that Im thinking of getting 3 bolt flanges welded to the collectors and the y pipe so in the future all I gotta do is unbolt the damn thing. Anyone done this yet or has had the same problem?

 

Vbands work great!!

 

Yeah I have kicked myself in the *** for not buying them to begin with! Thats what I get for using 1920's style 2 bolt clamps on my crap.

 

I bought the walker clamps from summit, I actually had them price match it to another online vendors pricing.

Vbands are just too expensive and still require some welding, I prefer the band clamps so I can get to the trans pan if needed.

 

The walker ball sockets are awesome $5 each.....fruk u bolt clamps

 

ubolts are garbage, they crease your exhaust together, 3" wide stainless band clamps ftw! or vbands if your going to weld on them

 

got mine for $7.23 iirc
Dynomax Performance 33272 - Walker Lap-Joint Band Clamps - Overview - SummitRacing.com

they were $7.23 here: Walker 33272 $8.09 | Auto Parts Tomorrow

 

love mine.

 

Slip fit only works good with stainless set ups, band clamps. Muffler clamps on steel, added with weather = what you had to do.

 

@andysc3.... Thats exactly what I am lookin at doing. That sure looks nice! Thanks for the pics. Helps out a ton.