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GTI cam adjuster/phaser wear - ALL DONE ✔️
mjmallia:
Small update.
Had the parts and tools delivered.
The cam locking tool was cleaned up, then I welded it up for strength with a lick of paint to finish after a lot of reading other peoples experience. Not pretty but will do the job
Even the chain which I believe to be genuine VW in INA packaging has the copper link like OE
The INA parts look like really good quality and a few have the VW part numbers ground off
Here is a genuine VW part and you can see the part numbers etc before they were ground off
Finally the cam adjuster which is fresh and smooth on the inside. Feels like a very weighty and solid part, so feel more confident having seen the quality of it now.
lazy:
Good luck keep us updated how you get on. It's not a job I'd be looking forward to doing.
mjmallia:
A quick question as to the tightness of the cam adjuster bolt.
A number of guides state 20Nm (15 ft lbs) plus a 45 degree turn and then the workshop manual I have states to tighten to 100Nm
pudding:
It's 100nm :smiley:
20nm + 45 it would fall off after a few thousand miles.
I strongly recommend getting an assistant to push the torque wrench onto the bolt whilst tightening it because the head is so shallow, you can cheese it out very easily doing it solo. Even more so removing the old bolt! As it's a tapered bolt, it grips really hard onto the VVT adjuster and needs a LOT of torque to remove. And I hope you have a genuine posidrive socket? Aftermarket ones are dire!
mjmallia:
Yes. Got the genuine socket from TPS. I was going to try the impact first when removing and see if I get lucky
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