All Wheel Drive

Stress-free alignment of exhaust system
^ Vehicles without clamp between center muffler and rear muffler
^ Exhaust system must be aligned when cold.





^ Loosen bolted connections on front clamp.





^ Push exhaust system toward front of vehicle -arrow- until preloading at right-hand mounting of center muffler is a = 5 to 9 mm.
^ Tighten bolted connections on clamp evenly to 40 Nm.
^ Vehicles with clamp between center muffler and rear muffler
^ Exhaust system must be aligned when cold.

Note: It is only necessary to additionally align center muffler vehicles with clamp installed between center muffler and rear muffler..

^ Installation position of front clamp, Refer to Exhaust System, Service and Repair





^ Push front section of exhaust system toward front of vehicle -arrow until preloading at right-hand mounting of center muffler is a = 5 to 9 mm.
^ Tighten bolted connections on front clamp evenly to 40 Nm.





^ Push rear section of exhaust system toward front of vehicle -arrow until preloading at rear mounting of rear muffler is a = 12 mm. Also make sure that center muffler is horizontal to bottom of vehicle (as viewed at right angle to direction of travel).
^ Installation position of rear clamps, Refer to Exhaust System, Service and Repair, See Fig 2
^ Tighten bolted connections on rear clamps evenly to 40 Nm.
^ Align tailpipes





^ Check distance -a- between tailpipe -1- and bumper -2-.
^ Distance a = at least 40 mm