I was removing my exhaust header pipes and started cleaning up the flanges when I noticed that I had two different type flanges.
Can anyone tell me which one is correct for a 66 Dream?
CA77 Exhaust Flange
CA77 Exhaust Flange
Re: CA77 Exhaust FlangePlease show the other side. ..............lm
Well mine had "one piece header/mufflers" all right.
Some idiot.... er I mean some fine fellow had welded the goofy looking short mufflers directly onto the rusty old header pipes! But, you're right too that one the 16 fin flange (on the right) slipped right off over the header pipe end but I had to cut the pipe in half in order to get the 14 fin flange (on the left) off.
Actually, and I should have mentioned this earlier, I only had 3 "clams". And there are differences in all three such that no two make a real good pair. Given the miss match of the flanges and the mangled up weld job on the header pipes/aftermarket mufflers I'm assuming that someone who knew less about these bikes, or certainly cared less, than even I do has been working on it.
As I am putting new headers/mufflers on the bike (and I will NOT be welding them together) which of the two types of flanges should I use? I assume the narrow diameter, 14 fin one. If so, what kind of "clams" do I need also? Attached are two more pictures, of the clams. I flipped the middle one around to match it with the other two to show how they pair up. The two outer ones match even less than either of the pictured pairs. And to top it all off the middle one appears to have hacksaw marks on it (but you can't see them in the picture) where evidently someone cut it down shorter! So you can see why I am at a loss as to what SHOULD be on the bike.
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