Exhaust System, Installing

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Align the exhaust system when cold.

-- Loosen the nuts -3 and 4- on the front clamping sleeve -1-.

Fig 1: Identifying Front Clamping Sleeve Connections

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-- Align the front clamping sleeve -1- to the mark -A- on the front exhaust pipe -2- (-arrow- faces in the direction of travel).

Dimension -a- = Figure.
The nuts must be at the right and must not project beyond the lower edge of the clamping sleeve.

-- Hand tighten the front nut -3- on the clamping sleeve.

-- Push the exhaust system far enough forward so that the pretension at the retaining loop at the rear muffler equals dimension -a- = 15 to 17 mm.

Fig 2: Identifying Pre-Tension Dimension Of Retaining Loop At Rear Muffler

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-- In this position, evenly tighten the nuts -3 and 4- on the clamping sleeves. Tightening specifications, refer to Figure.

Fig 3: Identifying Front Clamping Sleeve Connections

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