Exhaust System, Aligning Free of Stress (Vehicles With Front Wheel Drive)

Exhaust System, Aligning Free Of Stress (Vehicles With Front Wheel Drive)

NOTE: Align exhaust system when cold.







- Remove bolts -1- through -4- and remove crossmember (55 Nm).
- Vehicles without clamping sleeve between center and rear muffler
- Loosen double clamp bolts, item -14-.







- Push exhaust system far enough forward (arrow) so that pre-tension at 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 at front, item -14- and item -23.







- Push front part of exhaust system far enough forward (arrow) so that pre-tension at 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 pre-tension at rear retaining loops at rear muffler -a- = 7 to 11 mm.
- Align rear muffler horizontally.
- Tighten rear double clamp bolts, item -23-, evenly to 40 Nm.
- Align end pipes.