if you have a noisy exhaust with a metal on metal sound check your mounting rubbers
Mine had been reported as failed during a a recent annual service.
Its quite easy but access is the main issue so i backed up onto a set of ramps.
- undo 4 x nuts securing the cross member. size 13mm socket
- undo 2 x nuts securiong the mounts to hte cross member
- remove 4 x nuts securing the second cross member. you need to do this because the exhaust needs to be detached from the back
- remove 4 x nuts securing the back box to the floor. you will need an an extension bar to reach into the void
- ensure you have a prop (trolley jack or similar) to hold the exhaust in situ once you have released it from the rear mounts
- return to the rubber mounts and you can now get purchase on the uppermost nuts securing the mounts to the exhaust. remove the nuts.
- wiggle free the old rubber mounts
- fit the new mounts to the exhaust
- reinstate cross members
- raise the exhaust with a jack to help you fix the cross member to the body
- you will now notice that the exhaust sits tighter to the heat shield than before when the rubber mounts had failed/were failing
- reattach back box using jack to support back box
whilst i had good access to the tips i gave them a clean with some tardis, grade 0000 wire wool and autosol
i would suggest that you replace the nuts at the same time as the mounts. they are not supplied with the mounts. you will need 4 of them
