Different ways to seal an exhaust leak...?

I've had a small exhaust leak since i got it all re-ran for duals last winter. Well i put the truck up on the lift finally last week to try and fix it and i now see why they missed it to begin with. Its right up on the top side of the pipe, where you can't barely get a welder. But in my and uncles efforts to weld it we actually just made the hole worse. So my question to the committee, whats some other ways to seal that up? I've tried all the different Autozone afro-engineer methods with no success. I thought about taking a cylinder shaped piece of aluminum, molding it over the gap, then using a couple sets of those brackets sold to join exhaust pipe, to hold it down. But i dunno, i'm just tired of hearing the truck hiss at me

 

if its a small enough leak you can use exhaust putty and just put it on there nice and thick

 

Its not big at all. And to be honest....i didn't even know there was such a thing as exhaust putty, i'll hit that up this weekend. Thanks

 

Drop the exhaust and weld it....

 

yup no problem heres a link to give u a idea what ur looking for Buy Permatex Muffler and Tailpipe Putty 80333/V810 at Advance Auto Parts

 

If the easy ways don't work, thats what'll be happening

 

I'll check if we have that in stock tomorrow, and I'll let you know trent...todays my off day

 

duct tape FTW

 

so did the putty work?

 

jb weld!!!!! it fixed mine and it saved me from goin to the shop, and it only costed 5 buck, that jb weld is majic!!!! im serious dude