11
SERVICE WORK ON THE CHASSIS
11.32
Installing the main silencer
11.33
Changing the glass fiber yarn filling of the main silencer
Warning
Danger of burns The exhaust system gets very hot when the vehicle is driven.
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Allow the exhaust system to cool down. Do not touch hot components.
Info
Over a period, the fibers of the insulating material vanish into the air, and the silencer "burns out".
Not only is the noise level higher, the performance characteristic changes.
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Mount the main silencer. Mount and tighten screws
Guideline
Remaining screws, chassis
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Reconnect spring
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Preparatory work
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Remove the main silencer. (
Main work
(All EXC‑F models)
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Remove screws
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Take off the connecting cap with the perforated pipe, O-ring
yarn filling
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Remove screws
yarn
8
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Clean the parts that need to be reinstalled and check for damage.
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Mount the O-ring on the silencer cap.
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Mount the new stuffing yarn on the silencer cap and fasten with adhesive tape.
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Position the silencer cap. Mount and tighten the screws.
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Mount the O-ring on the connecting cap.
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Slide the new glass fiber yarn filling over the perforated pipe.
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Mount the connecting cap with the glass fiber yarn filling in the main silencer.
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Mount and tighten the screws.
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2
x
p. 57)
of connecting cap
1
.
4
and take off silencer cap
5
.
Info
Slide the glass fiber yarn filling into the main silencer with a blunt tool.
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1
M6
10 Nm (7.4 lbf ft)
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2
, and glass fiber
3
with O-ring
and stuffing
6
7
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