11 31 Camshaft

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TIGHTENING TORQUES - CAMSHAFT

	Type	Thread	Tightening specification	Measure
1AZ Camshaft bearing cap		M6		10 Nm
		M7		14 Nm
		M7- 8.8		15 Nm
		M8		20 Nm
2AZ Sprocket to camshaft	M20 / M21 / M40	M10		65 Nm
3AZ Sprocket to camshaft flange	M60 / M62	M6		15 Nm
		M6		10 Nm
	M50 / M52 / M52TU / M54 / M56 / S52 / S50 US M50 VANOS	M7
			Application torque	5 Nm
			Jointing torque	20 Nm
		M7		15 Nm
4AZ Sprocket to camshaft	M51 / M41 / M47 / M57	M12 x 1.5	Replace screws
			Jointing torque	20 Nm
			Torque angle	35 °
	M47TU / M57TU	M12 x 1.5 Replace screws
			Jointing torque	20 Nm
			Torque angle	50 °
	M67	M12 x 1.5	Replace screws
			Jointing torque	20 Nm
			Torque angle	90 °
5AZ Toothed shaft to inlet camshaft	M52 / S52 / S50 US / M50 / VANOS	M14 x 1.5
			Jointing torque	40 Nm
			Torque angle	60 °

TIGHTENING TORQUES - CAMSHAFT

	Type	Thread	Measure
6AZ Flange to camshaft	M30		145 Nm
7AZ Screw plug for chain tensioner	M50 / S50 US / S62	M22 x 1.5	50 Nm
		M22 x 1.5	40 Nm
8AZ Cylinder for chain tensioner plunger	M67	M22 x 1.5	45 Nm
	N40 / N42 / N45 / N46 / N62 / N62TU / N73	M22 x 1.5	65 Nm
	M50 / M52 / M52TU / M54 / M56 / S52 / S50 US	M26 x 1.5	70 Nm
		M26 x 1.5	50 Nm
9AZ Bearing flange on engine block	M60	M6	13 Nm
10AZ Reversing rail on engine block	M62 / S62	M6 / M7	14 Nm
11AZ Screw-in pin on camshaft		M7	20 Nm
Nut on screw-in pin		M6	10 Nm
12AZ Bearing pin for sliding and tensioning rails	M41 / M47 / M47TU / M51 / M57 / M57TU	M16 x 1.5	20 Nm
	M67	M16 x 1.5	26 Nm
13AZ Signal disk to camshaft	S62 / S54	M16 x 1.5	50 Nm
14AZ Sensor gear to camshaft	N62 / N62TU / N73	M14 x 1.5	30 Nm