Zwelder81
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I am replacing the camshaft in my jetta. I am just wondering what specialty tools I will need? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Check the Metalnerd website for everything you need:I am replacing the camshaft in my jetta. I am just wondering what specialty tools I will need? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
A skillful person that also has lots of free time and interest in fabricating tools.However, skillful person can do a cam job without any special tools.
Or mark and pray hacks that get lucky.A skillful person that also has lots of free time and interest in fabricating tools.
My 06 BRM Jetta is the 3rd TDI I've purchased (out of 4) that had a previous "mark and pray" TB job. The BRM also had a plastic impeller Altrom pump and a Napa timing belt. Probably not terrible if installed properly, but still...I think the mark and pray jobs are a lot more common than we think.Or mark and pray hacks that get lucky.
Have to agree with Ol'Rattler. Currently doing a cam job. Cam is out and waiting for new cam to arrive and those are all the tool I have used. Hub comes off easy with a few smacks tool not needed and I did the "pro system" for removing the Cam without removing the fuel pump. At 200K wear on the cam; but very little on the lifters. Still along way to go but going very well.No, you don't need a cam hub pulling tool. What you do is loosen the cam's big bolt several turns and then smack the back side of the hub with a brass drift.
When I replaced my cam, the only special tools I needed were the crank indexing tool and a letter "A" sized drill bit for the cam. You will have to get creative on monkey rigging a holding tool to loosen and tighten/torque the cam big bolt.
Unless you do 2 or 3 cams/TB's a day, the Metalnerd deluxe timing tool kit is kinda overkill.
Have used Mobil-1 TDT oil since it went out of warranty at 50K (before was VW 10-30). Already had some wear then. I inspected the cam lobes every 40K and given the chamfer was gone on the top of 3 lobes felt it was time with this timing belt change. Most surprised that the lifters have little or no dishing.You are one of the lucky ones to get 200K out of the cam and lifters!
The hole should be on the top of the transmission, not the engine.Does the OP's BRM have an inspection hole for TDC, I wonder? My 2006 Jetta's BEW does not, which was *my* excuse to add another Metalnerd tool to the stable.