Sanderson Headers: The Verdict

Perhaps they would fit manual steering without fine tuning?
I don't know. The manual steering couplers are pretty big, too. I think they're in a little different location, so maybe? I believe though, as the OP stated, an aftermarket steering joint might have cleared, or at least made it so he didn't have to almost close #3 tube completely off. I be damned if I'd done "all that". I'd found a different way.