Installation of 3″ AFE RB Hi-Tuck Exhaust (Part # AFE49-46232)
2014 Jeep Wrangler JKUS
Tools:
#15 and #16 sockets
Various Screwdrivers
WD40
Shop Towels (for soaking up the grease)
Mallet
Vice-Grip
Install Steps:
1 – Disconnect Battery
2 – Loosen 2 clamps with #15 and #16 sockets
3 – Remove metal posts from rubber hangers (I started with hanger in Driver’s Side Rear, then did hanger closest to Y-Pipe, then hanger further down, then finished with hanger at Passenger Rear, near the exhaust tip).
4 – Remove rearward part of exhaust by tugging/twisting (careful it doesn’t drop on you)
5 – Remove exhaust part connecting to Y-Pipe (may require a mallet to unloosen the bond where the pipes join, get creative, it comes out with some muscle)
6 – Install new AFE exhaust (part that connects to Y-Pipe) by first attaching clamp and then seating into Y-Pipe, attach metal posts into rubber hangers
7 – Do the same for rearward part of exhaust (clamp around exhaust first, then seat), attach metal post into rubber hanger
8 – Tighten the clamps up well
9 – Reconnect battery
10 – Fire it up!
Installation was very easy, it was the removal of the stock exhaust that took the longest amount of time; partly because this was my first time doing this, partly because my neck was cramping bad from not having a creeper or something to support myself while under the Jeep. Total Install Time: 3.5 Hours
Removal of the metal posts in the rubber hangers are, as everyone will tell you, a real pain. Do definitely grease (WD40) up well, and you may need to get creative – I used a combination of screwdriver(s), vice-grip, and muscle to pry all 4 of the metal posts out of the rubber hangers.
I’m writing this at 2AM after a long day of hiking and working on the jeep. It’s not very thorough, but here’s to hoping it helps you.
Feel free to message me if you have questions.
Post time: Jul-07-2017