001008Camshaft

Install
CAUTION
Thecamshaftsaredifferent.Theymustbe
installedinthecorrectbank.Iftheyarenot
installedcorrectly,theenginecanbeseriously
damaged.

ThecamshaftsfortheK38andK50aredifferent,
howevertheinstallationprocedureisthesame.
Makesurethecorrectcamshaftisinstalled.See
theCPLfortheenginebeingserviced.Someof
thenewerK50engineshavecamshaftsthat
causetheenginetohaveadifferentfiringorder.
Recordthepartnumberstampedontheendof
thecamshaftforfuturereference.
UseLubriplatetolubricateeachcamshaftand
allofthecamshaftbushingscompletely.

WARNING

Thiscomponentweighsgreaterthan23kg[50
lb].Topreventseriouspersonalinjury,besure
tohaveassistanceoruseappropriatelifting
equipmenttoliftthiscomponentorassembly.

CAUTION
Donotdamagethecamshaftbushingswhen

installingthecamshaft.Thebushingswillfail.
Usecamshaftpilot,PartNumber3376280.
Installthetwocamshafts.
Turnthecamshaftsclockwiseand
counterclockwiseasyoupushthemin.

Alignthetimingindexmarksthatweremade
beforethecamshaftswereremoved.

Ifnecessary,rotatethecamshaftsothatthe
holesinthecamshaftallowaccesstothe
capscrewholesinthethrustplate.

Installthetwocapscrewsandlockplates.
TorqueValue:45n.m[33ftlb]

Useadialindicator.Theclearancemustbethe
sameasmeasuredduringcamshaftinspection.
Measuretheclearance.
CamshaftEndClearance
mm
0.15
0.33

MIN
MAX

in
0.006
0.013

Iftheendclearanceisnotthesameasmeasured
duringthecamshaftinspection,checkforforeign
materialorapieceofgasketmaterialbetweenthe
thrustplateandtheblock.

Checkallofthetimingmarksagaintomakesure
thattheyarealignedasshown.

MeasuretheFrontGearTrainBacklash

Theadjacent(engaging)gearmustnotturnas
thegearthatisbeingmeasuredisturned.

Useadialindicator.Positiontheindicatorona
gearasshown.Measurethebacklashonallof
thegears.

Rotatethegearbeingmeasuredclockwise.
Positiontheindicatorat"0".Rotatethegear
counterclockwise.Readtheindicator.

FrontGearTrainGearBacklash
mm
0.07
0.51

MIN
MAX

in
0.003
0.020

Repeatthisprocedureforallofthegearsexcept
thecrankshaftgear.
Ifthebacklashisnotwithinspecifications,make
suretheadjacent(engaging)gearisnotmoving
duringthemeasurement.
Ifthebacklashisnotwithinspecifications,the
gearmustbereplaced.

Thecamshaftkeyprovidesameansofindexing
thecamshaftwiththegear.

Offsetkeysallowthecamshaftprofiletobe
rotatedslightlywhilethegeartraintimingremains
thesame.
Themorethetopoftheoffsetismovedinthe
directionofthecamshaftnormalrotation,the
moretheinjectiontimingwillberetarded.The
pushrodtravelnumericalvaluewillincrease.
ThedirectionofnormalrotationofaK38orK50
enginecrankshaftisclockwiseasviewedfrom
thefront.

Bendeachlockplatetopreventthecapscrews
fromloosening.
Useahammeranddrift.Bendonetaboneach
lockplateoverthethrustplate.Bendtheothertab
overthecapscrewhead.

LastModified:23Sep2015
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