Remove/Install Exhaust System (260700, 261700) - Briggs & Stratton Vanguard 05000 Manual

When all components are properly aligned;
4. Torque manifold bolts ([A] Fig. 18) to listed
values. SEE SECTION 14- ENGINE
SPECIFICATIONS.
5. Torque bracket bolts ([B] Fig. 18) to listed
values.SEE SECTION 14- ENGINE
SPECIFICATIONS.
6. Install manifold guard bracket and torque
to listed values.
7. Install the muffler heat shield bracket [A]
with four screws. Torque to listed values.
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8. Secure muffler guard ([A] Fig. 19) to its
bracket with four screws and torque to
listed values.
9. Install carburetor heat shield ([B] Fig. 19)
with two mounting screws (C) and torque
to listed values
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Fig. 18
Fig. 19
REMOVE/INSTALL EXHAUST
SYSTEM
(260700, 261700)
Fig. 20
To remove muffler from model 261700:
1. Remove the engine blower housing. SEE
SECTION 3- ENGINE DISASSEMBLY.
2. Remove the two lower bolts (A) that hold
muffler to bracket ([B] Fig. 21).
Fig. 21
3. Loosen muffler clamp nut ([C] Fig. 21) and
spread clamp slightly with screwdriver.
4. Take note of the different sizes and
remove the two bolts and three screws