Installing The Exhaust System

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NOTE:

To ensure that there is no exhaust leakage, see: Flanged joint, assembling .

NOTE:

The new exhaust system is supplied in two sections.

Fig 1: Exhaust System, Brackets And Fasteners

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Install:

the front section of the exhaust system. Use a new flange gasket. Do not tighten
the rear section with the pipe clamp
the mountings for the exhaust system.

Adjust the position of the exhaust system and tighten:

the screws and the nuts for the flange gasket
the pipe clamp.