| Measuring radial clearance of camshafts |
| Special tools and workshop equipment required |
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| Remove camshafts: cylinder head (left-side) → Chapter, cylinder head (right-side) → Chapter. |
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| Mark allocation of roller rocker fingers for re-installation. |
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| Carefully remove roller rocker fingers and place them on a clean surface. |
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| Clean bearings and bearing journals. |
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| Place a length of Plastigage corresponding to the width of the bearing on the bearing journal or bearing shell to be measured. |
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| The Plastigage must be positioned in the centre of the bearing. |
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| Re-insert camshafts, fit retaining frame and tighten to 9 Nm without rotating camshafts → Fig.. |
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| Remove retaining frame and camshafts again. |
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| Compare width of Plastigage with measurement scale. |
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| New: 0.035 ... 0.085 mm. |
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