Exhaust System, Installing Without Tension: Procedure

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Align the exhaust system when cold.

-- Loosen the threaded connections on the clamping sleeve -2-.

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-- Push the exhaust system far enough forward until the pretension on the retaining loops at the exhaust pipe -a- = 5 mm.

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-- Install the clamping sleeve in the angle position shown.

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-- Install the clamping sleeve in the angle position shown.

Angle -α- = approximately 20°.
Threaded connection to the right.
The nuts are toward the top.

-- Tighten the clamping sleeve threaded connections evenly.