Vehicles With Front-Wheel Drive

Exhaust System, Aligning Free of Stress


NOTE: Align exhaust system when cold.


- Vehicles without clamping sleeve between center and rear muffler

- Loosen double clamp bolts -item 14-.







- Push exhaust system far enough forward (arrow) so that the pre-tension at the retaining loop at center muffler a = 5 to 9 mm.
- Tighten double clamp bolts uniformly to 40 Nm.
- Align end pipes.

- Vehicles with clamping sleeve between center and rear muffler


NOTE: Only for vehicles with double clamp between center and rear mufflers, the rear muffler must also be aligned.


- Loosen double clamp bolts -item 14-, and rear -item 20-.







- Push front part of exhaust system far enough forward (arrow) so that the pretension at the retaining loop at center muffler a = 5 to 9 mm.
- Tighten front double clamp bolts -item 14-, evenly to 40 Nm.







- Push rear part of exhaust system far enough forward (arrow) so that the pretension at rear retaining loops at rear muffler a = 7 to 11 mm.
- Align rear muffler horizontally.
- Tighten rear double clamp bolts -item 20-, evenly to 40 Nm.
- Align end pipes.

Tailpipes, aligning







- Align tailpipes so that distance -a- (left side) is equal to distance -a- (right side).
- At the same time, distance -b- from bumper cutout to top of tailpipes must be reached.
- Dimension b = 25 to 29 mm