Slip fits are a pain in the *** to take apart even with stainless.

 

what he said^^^^^

 

I am sorry about your guy's luck then.. Mine happen to work flawless..

 

Yep ten minutes to remove my Y pipe instead of at least thirty. Plus they just look super clean.
But no problems with mine sealing and I did put a little RTV on them.

 

sorry i didnt read the whole thread..

with my lpps, the y was a great fit besides one joint..i threw some copper RTV around it and then i just used band clamps..they are just a flat piece of sheet metal with bolts on the ends..they form to the joints and seal great..i got them for 9 a piece local...havent had a leak and have had the headers on for almost 2 months..

 

band clamps are fine and seal the exhaust well its just taking them apart is a pia.

 

Here is the Y pipe I made.. It uses T clamps, the method I said. I have had them off a few times, never 1 issue. I also live where it rains, snows ect.. It is all the prep, fitment of the Y to the collectors that make slip fit stuff work.. If you half *** it it will half *** you.. just saying

 

this is true, but for the amount of times i will actually take my **** apart, i will spend the extra 36 bucks to redo the 4 clamps instead of the price of the more expensive clamps..

on that note, when i decided today that im rebuilding the 6.0 next summer, the first thing i thought of was how much of a pain it will be to take the headers and y off haha

 

Yeah i think its just one slip fit on the lpp headers that sucks. The one connecting the driver side header to the y pipe is the worst on mine and my friends truck. It is super tight and we spend probably close to an hour trying to get it off everytime. Also, with the slip fits and lpp headers you always need to pull the trans crossmember to get the y pipe off. Never have to worry about that with vbands.

 

I'm going to do the V-bands that BlackGMC linked me to. It'll be more expensive, but the ease of removal will be worth it I think. Plus, it's only money, right?