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Stress-free alignment of the exhaust
system - Vehicles with front wheel drive
Vehicles without clamp between center
muffler and rear muffler
The exhaust system must be aligned when
cold.
- Loosen bolted connections on front clamp -Item
16 -, Page 26
-5 .
Aligning tailpipes - Push exhaust system toward front of vehicle -arrow- so that rear
mounting of rear muffler is pre-loaded by amount -a- = 9 to 11 mm.
- Tighten bolted connections on clamp evenly to 40 Nm.
Align tailpipes so that the distance -a- is the same on both sides.
At the same time, distance -b- must be obtained between the bumper cut-
out and the tailpipe:
Dimension b = min. 24 mm
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Stress-free alignment of exhaust system
- Vehicles with all-wheel drive
Vehicles without clamp between centre
silencer and rear silencer
The exhaust system must be aligned when
cold.
- Loosen bolted connections on clamp -Item 15 -,
Page 26
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Aligning tailpipes - Push rear silencer towards front of vehicle -arrow- so that rear right
mounting on rear silencer is preloaded by a = 9...11 mm.
- Tighten bolted connections on clamp evenly to 40 Nm.
- Align tailpipes so that distance -a- is the same on both sides.
- At the same time, distance -b- must be obtained between bumper cut-
out and tailpipe:
Dimension b = min. 24 mm
Pa
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