Problem

[76bonanza]

I have a problem with the headers I installed. On the passengers side the flange were the collectors bolt to the exhust is in the same position as my balance wieght on my front drive shaft. I grinded as much as I could off the flange and it is much better but after driving it for two days in diffrent 4x4 positions it still sometimes hits the weight. So my options are as follows.

1. Grind the weight off of the front drive shaft and see what happens.

2. The exhuast shop said they could cut the flange off the headers and weld it right to the exhuast? Is that possible is it expensive? That would get me a good 1/4 inch of clearence. Most likly enuf.

3. I could just leave it and hope it does not tear anything up.

What is the best of these? Love the headers can not go back to manifolds and do not really want to try different headers as I will loose the money I have in this set of headers. I only drive in 4x4 in the snow no off road or anything maybe 2 weeks total a year.

Thanks for all coments and suggestions.