Hooker Header install issue..

POPS6T6 said
I've read that post to many times to count now. Seems everyone is having issues on the drivers side, my drivers side is fine, lines up and has some space even, the passenger side is bound up and WILL NOT line up. It is driving me crazy. I even cut and modified the trans cross member and still having issues. I will have to bang the hell out of these tubes to make them work and even then not sure if that will give me the clearance to get them on. Not to mention the flange is hitting the torsion bar cross member...
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The torsion bar part is perplexing. Mine have room in that area and I have standard v8 bars, not slants. Have you tried loosening up the motor mounts and shifting the motor up and toward the passenger side? I have the Schumachers too and recall I had to do this to get some clearance on the pass side. I also ground a little on the centerlink to get some clearance on pass side. A lot of the pics in the 5208 thread are from my trials and tribulations.