Special tools required:

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11 9 470. See 11 9 470 SUPPORT

(cylinder bank 1 to 6)

Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove right cylinder head cover. See 11 12 006 Removing and Installing/Sealing Right Cylinder Head Cover (N73)
Remove inlet and exhaust adjustment unit on right side. See 11 36 048 Removing and installing/replacing inlet and exhaust VANOS on right side (N73)
Remove right intermediate lever. See 11 37 014 Removing and Installing/Replacing Right Intermediate Levers (N73)

IMPORTANT: Used rocker arms may only be reused in the same position.
Remove rocker arms of inlet camshaft and set aside in neat order.

Place bearing bracket with inlet camshaft and eccentric shaft as illustrated on special tool 11 9 470. See11 9 470 SUPPORT

Illustrations show cylinders 7 to 12.

Fig 1: Identifying Inlet Camshaft

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Rocker arms (1) are now freely accessible.

Installation:

Rocker arm (1) is attached with a spring clamp on hydro - element.

Before installing bearing bracket, make sure rocker arms (1) are correctly positioned.

Observe rocker arm tolerance classes as illustrated (1 to 4).

IMPORTANT: Only rocker arms of the same tolerance class may be fitted in each cylinder on the inlet side.

Fig 2: Identifying Rocker Arm

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Assemble engine.

Installation:

Clean all bearings and cams of inlet camshaft and lubricate with engine oil.