ok so i dont surrender and aint much for words outside what i type sometimes and i dont login much an just lurk around... but... this time I gotta VENT! my West By God Virginia roots and Blue grass roots are commin UP an takin me!!!!!! Ive fit an fit with my !@#!@$%!@!#!#!!! darn !$#!@$!%%!#!@#!@ stupid darn !@#$!$#!@!! harley !#$!@#!$! muffler!@#!@#!!## for the last darn!!#!@#!#!@%$$!@!! time dammet!!! i cant get it to seal for !@#$!@#!#!!#@@$! ..... ARRRRGH!!!

ok so ummm Oldfeller? Vers? anyolne got ideas?  Ive used copper red ulta high !W!@#!!#!@#!@#! darn @!!!! temp silicone seal left to cure for !@#!!!!#@! darn 30 hrs dammet !!!!!@@!#!#!# used crush ring made from corn can!#!@!#!@#@@#$$$!@

or does anyone know of a good slash cut or good exhaust that does not break the bank that i can get that WILL !$#!@#!@!!$$!!! !dammet SEAL on the !#!!@#!%$@!#!@#! dammit EXAUST ??  KERPOW!  BANG! OOOSHA! dammit!!!

p.s
thanks for letten met vent ive dealt with this all season so far and aint got it sealed worth a @!$!$#!@#! DAMMET!

Strikes me as one O them guys who dont get mad often,, but when he does,, he really mean it,,

thx guys for the replys... now that im calm after a couple of cool 1's i can elaborate whats going one...

1) - had a 9" piece put on a Dyna exhaust welded 7 deg bend..
2) - cut 4 slots in pipe end for header to seal
3) - used Moose Racing 1.99 - 1.81"  SS exhaust clamp
4) - used http://www.permatex.com/products/automotive/automotive_gasketing/gasket_maker... to make seal bond between header / pipe
5) - waited 24 hr to tighten both the moose racing exhaust clamp / u clamp you would use on an auto exhaust system down to a nats nutt tightness
6) drove
7) POP! KERPOW! when i let off the throttle / shift gears
8) rinsed repeated and used a corn can cut as the crush ring on the outside of the pipe
9) - See #7

ok ready for thoughtful thoughts ideas or just insults are fine too..

  Awesome rant    LOL  I needed that  

Verify that there is indeed an exhaust leak.. look for any soot from the exhaust around the joints  and/or hold a lighter flame around the joints while it is idling.. that should point out where the leak(s) are, if any.

Once you verified that the backfiring is indeed due to an exhaust leak, and not just cuz the idle mixture is too lean, you could try loosening the header flange and swinging the header outward to the right, and remove those little asbestos pads behind the footpeg heat shield if necessary to get better alignment of the header and your bend piece.. hope that helps.

What about the soda can gasket I have seen people make?

I would recommend,... cut more slots....
I do about ten or twelve slots with a hack saw, then use a piece of tin can about an inch wide wrapped around the header pipe.  No gasket stuff, it just burns off...

Now drink some milk and have a cookie...  ...

Glad it ain't just me. I'm about to weld my HD muffler on and be done with it.

this probly won't help, but i once kludged up a leak on my subaru...

- i cut the rusted part out of the ex. pipe, bought a short piece to splice in, but i bought it a 1/8 or 1/4 too biig, wouldn't seal.   mixed up a batch o' jb weld, took a couple pieces of steel wool, got the s.w. all gooey with jb and stuffed it in the crack all round, then clamped it down

it's been about 5 years (?) - still holding