The best way to tighten V band clamp is to apply a smear or anti seize grease, a copper based one is good on the clamps internal faces and as you tighten the clamp up stop periodically and tap around the perimeter of the clamp with a soft faced hammer and continue tightening. The anti seize helps stop the clamp faces grabbing on the pipe to clamp interface and the periodic tapping does pretty much the same releasing the clamp faces if they have grabbed. So tighten, tap and repeat. It will smoke a little bit initially but then be fine. The antis seize is optional but the tapping is the key.
You ain't fitting no hammer in there unless it's a hammer for ants.
Well then use a hammer and a long brass drift.
...Or just tighten the v-band down well, as the workshop manual specifies.
Or as the old aircraft engineers saying gos "the Maintenance Manual, for guidance to the wise and the blind obedience of fools".
Cool story.
Good for you, but not all V band clamps and pipe flanges are created equal. I've done literally hundreds if not a thousand in my time and some are just fine throwing on the clamp and tightening it up and some are a little more problematical and the grease and tap method sorts them out. The OP can choose what he wants to do I guess. It might come in handy for you to someday. You just never know
Another cool story, however we literally talking about one particular v-band in one particular location on one particular car. We are not talking about your wives car or some other car, or hundreds of other random cars that "you worked on". Stay focused.Good for you, but not all V band clamps and pipe flanges are created equal. I've done literally hundreds if not a thousand in my time and some are just fine throwing on the clamp and tightening it up and some are a little more problematical and the grease and tap method sorts them out. The OP can choose what he wants to do I guess. It might come in handy for you to someday. You just never know
