Removal Procedure
WARNING:
Refer to Exhaust Service Warning .
WARNING:
Refer to Protective Goggles and Glove Warning .
- Raise and suitably support the vehicle. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle .
- Install adjustable jack stands under the front and rear of the intermediate pipe.
- Loosen the exhaust muffler band clamps (2, 5).
- Separate the exhaust mufflers (1) from the intermediate pipe (2).
- Remove the exhaust pipe hanger lower nuts (1).
- Remove the intermediate pipe-to-catalytic converter pipe nuts (1) and the exhaust pipe seals (2).
- Lower the jack stands.
- Remove the intermediate pipe from the jack stands.