Am I the only one that has to tighten DP Clamp daily?

Kizer

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Maybe daily is an exaggeration.
I don't hear anyone else complaining about the down pipe clamp coming loose ALL THE DAMNED TIME ...
This is my first factory turbo and the truck with which I've had this problem.
What gives ... it's a real PITA.
Any advise is greatly appreciated.
 

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The v band clamp right after the turbo or a different one? If it's the vband then just change the nut to an all metal lock-nut and never do it again. :Thumbs Up

Or just grab another basic nut and jamb them together, same effect.
 

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The v band clamp right after the turbo or a different one? If it's the vband then just change the nut to an all metal lock-nut and never do it again. :Thumbs Up

Or just grab another basic nut and jamb them together, same effect.

Thank you ... This is certainly a "why didn't I think of that" moment.
I appreciate it.
 

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My v-band clamp for the down pipe uses a nylock that I’ve ran up and down at least a dozen times with out replacing and hasn’t come loose. Your not using the clamp to pull the pipe in to the turbo are you? It should just be clamping them together with no extra tension from the exhaust system.
 

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My v-band clamp for the down pipe uses a nylock that I’ve ran up and down at least a dozen times with out replacing and hasn’t come loose. Your not using the clamp to pull the pipe in to the turbo are you? It should just be clamping them together with no extra tension from the exhaust system.

No I'm not. I just picked this truck up in Feb. The clamp was loose when I bought it ... tightened the clamp drove 350 +/- miles (home) tightened again. Changed oil the next day, clamp was loose again. Tightened. Two days later truck sounds like a Massey Ferguson, tightened clamp etc ...
 
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I used a fine thread SHCS and a top lock metal lock nut, they go on hard and are not reusable
 

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are you actually using a v-band clamp on a factory turbo with a factory outlet?
 

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are you actually using a v-band clamp on a factory turbo with a factory outlet?

No, but I knew what they meant...my assumption is that the jamb nun will work anyway.
Please correct me if my assumption is wrong.
 

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the jamb nut will work fine. I was asking because the factory turbo is not a v-band style clamp.
 

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are you actually using a v-band clamp on a factory turbo with a factory outlet?
Oh sorry what's it called? I changed mine to a 3" outlet and a v-band but I thought the OEM was v-band too, same clamp different size IIRC.

@Kizer glad I could help! Let us know how it goes.
-Joshua
 

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