Exhaust System, Installing Without Tension

Procedure 

• Align the exhaust system when cold.

-- Loosen the threaded connections for the front clamping sleeve -arrow-.

Fig 1: Locating Clamping Sleeve Screws

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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.

Fig 2: Identifying Tail Pipe Aligning

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Tail Pipes, Aligning, Golf

Fig 3: Vehicles with One Tail Pipe

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-- Align the rear muffler, so that the distance it is even between the bumper and the tail pipes.

-- Tighten the clamping sleeve evenly.