Exhaust System, Installing
Exhaust System, Installing
• Align exhaust system when cold.
Vehicles without double clamps between center and rear muffler
- Loosen clamping sleeves bolts => [ (Item 11) Front clamping sleeve ] Exhaust System Assembly Overview.
- Push exhaust system far enough forward - arrow - until pre-load on retaining loops at right on center muffler - a - = 5 to 9 mm.
- Tighten the clamping sleeve threaded connections evenly to 23 Nm.
- Align the tail pipes.
Vehicles with double clamps between center and rear muffler
• Only for vehicles with double clamps between center and rear mufflers, the center muffler must also be aligned.
- Loosen bolts of double clamps => [ (Item 11) Front clamping sleeve ] Exhaust System Assembly Overview and => [ (Item 22) Rear clamping sleeve ] Exhaust System Assembly Overview.
- Push forward part of exhaust system far enough forward - arrow - until pre-load on retaining loops on center muffler - a - = 5 to 9 mm.
- Tighten front clamping sleeve bolts => [ (Item 11) Front clamping sleeve ] Exhaust System Assembly Overview evenly to 23 Nm.
- Push rear part of exhaust system far enough forward - arrow - until pre-load on retaining loops at rear on rear muffler - a - = 7 to 11 mm.
- Align rear muffler horizontally.
- Tighten rear clamping sleeve bolts => [ (Item 22) Rear clamping sleeve ] Exhaust System Assembly Overview evenly to 23 Nm.
- Align the tail pipes.
Align the tail pipes
- Check distance of the tail pipes at left and right to bumper:
• Left dimension - a - = right dimension - a -.
• Ignore dimension - b -.
If necessary, correct dimension "a" as follows:
- Loosen brace bolts - arrows - between exhaust pipes.
- Adjust the distance between the rear mufflers.
- Tighten the bolts to 23 Nm.
- Check distances - y - and - z - of tail pipes to the bumper:
• Dimension - y - = 15 mm.
• Dimension - z - = 20 to 26 mm.
- If necessary, check whether the exhaust system is aligned tension-free. Refer to => [ Exhaust System, Installing ] Exhaust System, Installing.