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Vehicles with four-wheel drive > < Front exhaust pipe and catalytic converter with attachments

Golf Mk4

Silencer with mountings
   
Silencer with mountings
1 - From catalytic converter
2 - Double clamp
q   Note installation position → Fig..
3 - 25 Nm
4 - Mounting
q   Note installation position → Fig..
5 - Middle silencer
q   Aligning → Fig..
6 - Separating point
q   Middle and rear silencers are installed as a single component during production. In cases of repair, the centre and rear silencer are supplied separately, with a double clamp for connecting.
q   Cut through connecting pipe at right angles at separating point using pneumatic sabre saw -V.A.G 1523- → Fig..
7 - Mounting
8 - Bracket
9 - Rear silencer
10 - Mounting
q   With support ring.
11 - 20 Nm
12 - Tunnel bridge
13 - 40 Nm
14 - Washer

   
Installation position of double clamp
–  Position double clamp approx. 5 mm away from mark A -arrow 1-.
  Note
Mark -A- is valid for vehicles with manual and automatic gearboxes.
  A26-0129
Installation position of mounting
–  Angled side on mounting base -arrow- faces forwards.
  A26-0128
Separating point on exhaust pipe
–  Separate exhaust pipe at right angles at separating point -arrow 2-.
–  Position double clamp -4- (repair option) between side markings -arrows 1- and -arrow 3- when installing.
Torque setting: 40 Nm.
  A26-0130
Mount middle silencer stress-free
–  The mounting pins on the middle silencer must run parallel to the tunnel bridge (measurement -x- should be equal on left and right).
  A26-0131

Vehicles with four-wheel drive > < Front exhaust pipe and catalytic converter with attachments