This seems to be a common issue with Vipers, but is easily fixed. There was a thread on it way back, but I think it got deleted.
Get a hacksaw or Sawzall and get someone to hold the can vertically or clamp it down. Then make four, one half inch deep cuts into the flange where the can fits to the link pipe so that it makes four individual tabs. What I mean by that is, look straight down onto the flange, so that looks like a cirlcle, then quarter the circle like you would a pie.
Then get a rag and some pliers, and gently bend out your new "tabs" untill you can fit the flange to the linkpipe. If you do it right, the clamp will cover the cuts that you made, and allow the flange on the can to cinch down on the linkpipe.
After test fitting them. Get some high heat RTV silicone and seal it all up when you do the final fit.
Get a hacksaw or Sawzall and get someone to hold the can vertically or clamp it down. Then make four, one half inch deep cuts into the flange where the can fits to the link pipe so that it makes four individual tabs. What I mean by that is, look straight down onto the flange, so that looks like a cirlcle, then quarter the circle like you would a pie.
Then get a rag and some pliers, and gently bend out your new "tabs" untill you can fit the flange to the linkpipe. If you do it right, the clamp will cover the cuts that you made, and allow the flange on the can to cinch down on the linkpipe.
After test fitting them. Get some high heat RTV silicone and seal it all up when you do the final fit.
