Camshaft, Removing And Installing: Installing

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The bearing caps are marked to the camshaft housing to prevent them from being incorrectly installed.

NOTE:

If the sliding bar for the camshaft adjustment is pushed from the splines of the camshaft the camshaft must be replaced.

-- Bring the axial bearing -2- and camshafts on the camshaft housing into installation position.

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The compression ring ends -5- must face upward or downward, and must never face sideways.
The friction bearing -1- must be inserted all the way on the camshaft housing -arrow-.

NOTE:

The friction bearing -1- is installed depending on the version. For allocation. Refer to the Parts Information.

-- Bring all bearing caps -4- in the installation position and tighten them, at the same time pay attention to the allocation.

Both adapter sleeves -3- must be inserted into the openings on each bearing cap.
The adapter sleeve must engage in the hole in the camshaft housing.

-- Align the camshafts and insert the Camshaft Positioning Tool:T40331/1 all the way.

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The lettering on the camshaft positioning tool points forward ("A" for cylinder bank 1).

-- Tighten the bolts -arrows- hand-tight.

The Camshaft Positioning Tool:T40331/4 engages in the flattened position -1- on the intake camshaft.
The Camshaft Positioning Tool:T40331/5 engages in the upper asymmetrical groove -2- on the exhaust camshaft.

-- Install the camshaft housing. Refer to CAMSHAFT HOUSING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .