■ CAUTION ■

- Be sure to use genuine exhaust system parts or equivalents which are specially designed for heat resistance, corrosion resistance, and shape.
- Perform the operation with the exhaust system fully cooled down because the system is hot just after engine stops.
- Be careful not to cut hand on the heat insulator edge.
- Never disassemble main muffler assembly.

REMOVAL

1.Remove rear diffuser. Refer to Exploded View.

2.Remove front diffuser. Refer to Exploded View.

3.Remove rear bumper. Refer to Exploded View.

4.Remove front cross bar assembly.

5.Remove the nuts fixing main muffler assembly and sub muffler.

6.Remove the nuts fixing sub muffler and catalyst.

7.Remove sub muffler.

8.Remove the nuts from each mounting bracket.

9.Remove main muffler assembly.
■ CAUTION ■
Be careful not to bump main muffler assembly against its surrounding parts.

INSTALLATION
■ CAUTION ■

- Always replace exhaust tube gaskets with new ones when reassembling.
- If heat insulator is badly deformed, repair or replace it. If deposits such as mud pile up on the heat insulator, remove them.
- Remove deposits from the sealing surface of each connection. Connect them securely to avoid gases leakage.
- Temporarily tighten mounting bolts and nuts. Check each part for unusual interference, and then tighten them to the specified torque.
- When installing each mounting bracket, avoid twisting or unusual extension in up/down and right/left directions.

1.Install mounting brackets to main muffler assembly, checking the front mark of mounting brackets.

2.Install main muffler assembly.
■ CAUTION ■
Be careful not to bump main muffler assembly against its surrounding parts (rear suspension member etc.).

3.Temporarily tighten the nuts of each mounting brackets.

4.Install sub muffler, and then temporarily tighten the nuts fixing main muffler assembly and sub muffler.

5.Temporarily tighten the nuts fixing sub muffler and catalyst.

6.Tighten the nuts mounting bracket (No. 4) to the specified torque.

7.Tighten the nuts mounting bracket (No. 3) to the specified torque.

8.Tighten the nuts mounting bracket (No. 2) to the specified torque.

9.Tighten the nuts fixing main muffler assembly and sub muffler to the specified torque.

10.Tighten the nuts fixing sub muffler and catalyst to the specified torque.

11.Install all the remaining parts in the reverse order of removal.