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Old 03-10-2018, 12:58 PM
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The four runners on each side of my side pipes are connected using sheet metal bands. I had to cut two of those bands on each side to relieve the residual stresses caused by repeated heatups and cooldowns. The pipes relaxed and slipped off the headers easily after doing that.
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