I have had a few exhaust issues in the past, and all of that is behind me now (I hope) BUT, I keep going through front muffler clamps.
I know heat and cooling can cause issues with expanding, and so when my last one snapped, I altered it and bought some exhaust mounting springs used for motocross, and used two of them to attach each side of the broken metal strap. I figured it would be strong enought to hold it in place, yet still have some give for heat and cooling. It broke too...

My next attempt is to use an unaltered clamp, and back off of the tightening a bit. I am hesitant because when I rode without this clamp before, it caused major issues with the headers. I don't want to replace the headers again...

Any suggestions on any tricks to getting this part to work properly?