We work with an assistant.
Removing
1. We prepare the car for work (see «Preparing the car for maintenance and repair»).
Attention! To avoid burns, work should be carried out after the parts of the exhaust system have cooled to a safe temperature.
2. Disconnect the flange of the main muffler from the additional (see «Main muffler - replacement»).
3. We process with penetrating lubricant three nuts of the flange.
4. Using a 10 mm socket wrench, unscrew the three nuts securing the exhaust pipe to the catalytic manifold.
5. We remove the exhaust pipe of the additional muffler from the flange of the catalytic manifold and remove the sealing gasket.
6. Disconnect the two suspension pads from the brackets of the additional muffler (see «Suspension of the exhaust system - replacing pillows»).
Comment. When performing the following operations, the assistant must support the additional silencer from falling.
7. With a 13 mm socket wrench, unscrew the two fastening nuts and remove the bracket for the suspension cushion of the exhaust system.
8. Similarly, remove the second suspension bracket and remove the additional muffler.
Installation
We install the additional muffler in the reverse order, replacing the gasket with a new one. If necessary, we replace damaged or lost elasticity of the muffler suspension cushions...
... as well as defective clamp brackets and threaded fittings (see «Suspension of the exhaust system - replacing pillows»).