5 replies to this topic

[croc7]

Does anyone use anti-seize on the joints of the exhaust system to facilitate install/removal of exhaust pipes?

[nicklouse]

Have done. Just don’t use U clamps as they distort the pipes which are then hard to separate.

[panky]

Yes I use a good smear of copper grease, makes it much easier to separate the joints. Also started using Mikalor clamps for the reasons above.

[Blake71]

Yes I use a good smear of copper grease, makes it much easier to separate the joints. Also started using Mikalor clamps for the reasons above.

That's a good shout.

[weef]

Use a good quality exhaust assemble cement . The advantages are twofold, the first being it makes disassemble easier and second, it helps the seal between the two pipes. This means the U clamps just need "nipped up" negating any need to overtighten them and as a result deforming the pipes.

Some of the exhaust systems available today are lacking in quality/fit and the assemble cement can help to give a seal without overtightening.

[croc7]

Yes I use a good smear of copper grease, makes it much easier to separate the joints. Also started using Mikalor clamps for the reasons above.

In the end, used copper anti-seize at the header collector and at the pipe/RCM joint with
Mikalor clamps. Had to use a u-clamp to hang the assembly at the rear subframe forward location. Seems to work fine with the Maniflow RCM side exit system.

Edited by croc7, 11 December 2021 - 08:03 AM.