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Are Exhaust Flanges Necessary
I'm going through some frustration in my attempts to fix my exhaust. At this point, I'm thinking about cutting off the old broken flanges from the down pipe to the intermediate pipe, while running them with straight pipe adapters.
My question is if whether or not it's advisable to do this sort of thing. Simply put, are exhaust flanges necessary and what is their purpose? From my point of reasoning, if I just ran the pipes straight & clamped them, I could seal off any leaks.
With that in mind, is there something that would eventually cause a problem if I didn't use the exhaust flanges?
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