Exhaust Pipe: Service and Repair
EXHAUST PIPE AND MAIN MUFFLERREMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
Removal Steps 1-26 (Part 1):
Removal Steps 1-26 (Part 2):
Required Special Tool:
- MB991953: Oxygen Sensor Wrench
REMOVAL SERVICE POINTS
[[A]] OXYGEN SENSOR REMOVAL
Remove the connection and clamp of oxygen sensor connector, and then use special tool MB991953 to remove the oxygen sensor.
[[B]] RIVET/FRONT FLOOR REAR PANEL HEAT PROTECTOR/FRONT FLOOR FRONT PANEL HEAT PROTECTOR REMOVAL
CAUTION: Be careful not to score the heat protector by drill.
1. Use a 6.0 / diameter / mm drill to make a hole in the flange of rivet as shown.
2. Break the rivet, and remove the rivet and heat protector.
INSTALLATION SERVICE POINTS
]]A[[ FRONT FLOOR FRONT PANEL HEAT PROTECTOR/FRONT FLOOR REAR PANEL HEAT PROTECTOR/RIVET INSTALLATION
Use a riveter to tighten the rivet by the following procedure.
1. Insert part A of rivet into the riveter, and insert the rivet into the assembling area.
2. Operate the tool's handle while pushing the flange surface of rivet by riveter. Part A of rivet is cut and the rivet is tightened.
]]B[[ OXYGEN SENSOR INSTALLATION
1. Tighten the oxygen sensor to the specified torque by using special tool MB991953.
Tightening torque: 44 ± 5 N.m (33 ± 3 ft.lb)
2. Connect the oxygen sensor connector and install the connector bracket.