Removal And Installation: Installation

• Install chain tensioner with its stopper pin attached.
• Install chain tensioner with sliding part facing downward on right-side cylinder head, and with sliding part facing upward on left-side cylinder head.
• Install new O-ring as shown in the figure.
  Fig 1: View Of Left & Right Chain Tensioners

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• Install it in the original position.

• Install camshaft with dowel pin attached to its front end face on the exhaust side.
• Follow your identification marks made during removal, or follow the identification marks that are present on new camshafts for proper placement and direction.
  Fig 2: View Of Camshaft Table

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  Fig 3: View Of Camshaft Identification Marks

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• Install camshaft so that dowel pin hole and dowel pin on front end face are positioned as shown in figure. (No. 1 cylinder TDC on. its compression stroke)
  NOTE: Large- and small-pin holes are located on front end face of intake camshaft, at intervals of 180 degrees. Face small dia. side pin hole upward (in cylinder head upper face direction).
  Fig 4: View Of Camshaft Dowel Pin Holes And Dowel Pins

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• Remove foreign material completely from camshaft bracket backside and from cylinder head installation face.
• Install camshaft bracket in original position and direction as shown in figure.
  Fig 5: View Of Camshaft Brackets

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• Install No. 2 to No. 4 camshaft brackets aligning the stamp marks as shown in the figure.
  NOTE: There are no identification marks indicating left and right for No. 1 camshaft bracket.
  Fig 6: View Of Camshaft Bracket Stamp Marks

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• Apply sealant to mating surface of No. 1 camshaft bracket as shown on RH and LH banks.

  Use Genuine RTV Silicone Sealant or equivalent. Refer to RECOMMENDED CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND SEALANTS .

  Fig 7: Applying Sealant To Camshaft Brackets

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1. Tighten No. 7 to 10, then tighten No. 1 to 6 in order as shown.

   : 1.96 N.m (0.2 kg-m, 17 in-lb) 

   Fig 8: Torque Sequence For Camshaft Bracket Bolts

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2. Tighten all bolts in the numerical order as shown.

   : 5.88 N.m (0.6 kg-m, 52 in-lb) 

3. Tighten all bolts in the numerical order as shown.

   : 9.02 -11.8 N.m (0.92 -1.20 kg-m, 80-104 in-lb) 

Standard: -0.14 to 0.14 mm (-0.0055 to 0.0055 in) 

• If measured value is out of the standard, re-install camshaft and camshaft bracket.
  Fig 9: Checking Front End Faces Of No. 1 Camshaft Bracket And Cylinder Head

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