Exhaust system, alignment: Notes
NOTE:
Align exhaust system when cold.
- Vehicles without clamps between center muffler and rear muffler
- Loosen bolted connections on clamps. See EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPONENTS, REMOVING AND INSTALLING , -Item 14 -.
- Push exhaust system towards front of vehicle -arrow- until preloading at right-hand mounting of center muffler is a = 5 to 9 mm.
- Tighten bolted connections on clamps evenly to 40 Nm.
- Align tailpipes. See ALIGNING TAILPIPES .
NOTE:
Align front exhaust pipes with engine removed. See INSTALLING (left side) or INSTALLING (right side).
- Vehicles with clamps between center muffler and rear muffler
NOTE:
It is only necessary to align center muffler on vehicles with clamps installed between center muffler and rear muffler.
- Loosen bolted connections on clamps. See EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPONENTS, REMOVING AND INSTALLING ,-Item 14- and -Item 25-.
- Push front section of exhaust system towards front of vehicle -arrow- until preloading at mounting of center muffler is a = 5 to 9 mm.
- Tighten bolted connections on front clamps (EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPONENTS, REMOVING AND INSTALLING , -Item 14-) evenly to 40 Nm.
- Push rear section of exhaust system towards front of vehicle -arrow- until preloading at rear mountings of rear muffler is a = 7 to 11 mm.
- Align rear muffler so it is horizontal.
- Tighten bolted connections on rear clamps (EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPONENTS, REMOVING AND INSTALLING , -Item 25 -) evenly to 40 Nm.
- Align tailpipes. See ALIGNING TAILPIPES .