FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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Exhaust Pipe: Service and Repair

REPLACEMENT
1. SEPARATE OXYGEN SENSOR
2. REMOVE TAIL PIPE ASSY
3. REMOVE FRONT FLOOR BRACE CENTER
4. REMOVE EXHAUST PIPE ASSY CENTER
5. REMOVE EXHAUST PIPE ASSY FRONT
6. REMOVE EXHAUST PIPE NO.1SUPPORT BRACKET SUB-ASSY
7. REMOVE TWC
8. INSTALL TWC
Torque: 62 Nm (630 kgf-cm, 46 ft. lbs.)
9. INSTALL EXHAUST PIPE NO.1 SUPPORT BRACKET SUB-ASSY
10. INSTALL EXHAUST PIPE ASSY FRONT
Torque: 43 Nm (440 kgf-cm, 32 ft. lbs.)
11. INSTALL EXHAUST PIPE ASSY CENTER
Torque: 43 Nm (440 kgf-cm, 32 ft. lbs.)
12. INSTALL FRONT FLOOR BRACE CENTER
13. INSTALL TAIL PIPE ASSY
Torque: 43 Nm (440 kgf-cm, 32 ft. lbs.)
14. INSTALL OXYGEN SENSOR
a. Twist the sensor wire counterclockwise 3 and 1/2 turns and install the sensor.
Torque: 44 Nm (450 kgf-cm, 32 ft. lbs.)
b. Check that the sensor wire is not twisted.
15. CHECK EXHAUST GAS LEAK