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

Exhaust System, Aligning Free Of Stress (Vehicles With All 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 right retaining loop at center muffler -a- = 5 to 9 mm.
- Tighten double clamp bolts uniformly to 40 Nm.
- Align end pipes6.
- Vehicles with clamping sleeve between center and rear muffler

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

- Loosen double clamp bolts, item -14- and item -24.







- 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 -24-, evenly to 40 Nm.
- Align end pipes.

Tailpipes, aligning







- Check distance of end pipes at left and right to bumper:
- Dimension - x - left = dimension - x - right

If necessary, correct dimension - x - as follows:







- Loosen nuts (arrows) of brace between exhaust pipes.
- Change distance of rear mufflers to each other.
- Tighten nut to 23 Nm.







- Check distances - y - and - z - of end pipes to bumper:
- Dimension - y - = greater than 20 mm
- Dimension - z - = 9 to 14 mm
- If necessary, check whether exhaust system is installed free of stress.