A note about the joint up stream of the CAT. There is 5 special washers, that act as springs, and one special washer made of what looks to be cast iron, on each bolt. With out these the joint will not make a good seal. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, John-Reed Maffeo wrote: > FWIW, > > I replaced the muffler and muffler brackets on my Syncro this past > weekend. It was a pretty easy job once I had all of the parts I > needed to complete it. > > I started off by ordering a new muffler and gaskets, It was not > until I had removed the muffler that I noticed that the brackets > were both broken:( > > The local VW dealer took my order on Monday and I picked them up > on Wednesday (US$53 each:( ) just in time to start work on > Thanksgiving Day. > > Reinstallation was pretty straight forward. There is an interesting > connector upstream from the cat that makes adjusting the plumbing > easier. It is similar to a universal joint in that it allows the > exhaust pipe to be rotated around for adjustment. > > I mounted the brackets looseley, then I set the muffler up on them. > I moved the muffler back and forth a few times while playing with > the adjustable plumbing bit and found what I thought was a good > alignment. > > I tightened the straps that hold the muffler to the brackets and > then tightened the brackets. In the process of doing this my good > alignment got less good so I loosened things up and fiddled around > a bit. > > After several iterations of tightening and loosening I acheived what > I think was a very good alignment. I tightened up all of the nuts and > then double checked them all. My test drive indicated success and the > next day I went on a 200 mile trip and all was well. > > John-Reed Maffeo '86 Syncro - Glacie > Mesa, AZ > |
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