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Separating front and rear silencers > < Assembly overview - front exhaust pipe with particulate filter
Assembly overview - silencer with mountings (vehicles with front wheel drive)
   
Assembly overview - silencer with mountings (vehicles with front wheel drive)
1 - 25 Nm
q   Renew.
2 - Retaining ring
q   Renew if damaged.
3 - Separating point
q   Marked by indentation on exhaust pipe
q   During production, front and rear silencers are installed as a single component. For repairs, front and rear silencers are supplied separately.
q   The connection is made with a clamp.
q   Separating exhaust end pipe → Chapter
q   Installation position of rear clamp (repair double clamp) → Fig..
q   Evenly tighten threaded connections of clamping sleeve (repair double clamp)
q   Specified torques for clamp (repair double clamp): M8 = 25 Nm, M10 = 40 Nm
q   Before tightening, align cold exhaust system free of tension → Chapter
4 - Rear silencer
5 - Mounting
q   Renew if damaged.
6 - 25 Nm
7 - Tunnel bridge
8 - Front silencer
9 - Mounting
q   Renew if damaged.

   
Installation position of rear clamp (repair double clamp)
–  Install clamp so that ends of bolts do not protrude beyond bottom of clamp.
l  Bolt connection faces to left.
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Separating front and rear silencers > < Assembly overview - front exhaust pipe with particulate filter