December 28, 201213 yr 1995 EJ22 - the drivers side has the cam cap with the oring underneath of it. This one is insanely tight, never seen one even close to this. I can get it to turn with hammer blows but going back and forth a number of times has not gotten it to come forward at all? Car ran and drove fine.
December 29, 201213 yr It's a very close tolerance fit between the head and cap. If any dirt or sludge is between the flanges it can be very difficult to remove. Try the prybar approach.
December 29, 201213 yr Might have to break it. Pry and turn at the same time usually works for me. GD
December 29, 201213 yr Author Might have to break it. Pry and turn at the same time usually works for me. GD wow, break it!! i've done a ton of these cam caps so I'm accustomed to them being tight, this one doesn't turn without stout hammer blows. it was dark and i was not able to pry so i'll get on that next time.
December 29, 201213 yr I'm confused about what you guys are calling a cam cap I guess. Sounds like you mean the cam sprocket thing on the front outside of the engine? Further back where it's aluminum to aluminum with the skinny Oring on a 95. Or what I usually call a cam cap - what 3 of them holding the cam onto the head.
December 29, 201213 yr warm it up with a heat gun get it as hot as you can have had a few that the alluminnum bonded with the cam is a pain
December 29, 201213 yr Be careful using force on the cam support. The tolerances are close because this piece contains a cam bearing. So it's tight both on the outside (against the bore in the head) and on the inside (against the camshaft). You don't want to distort it, or score the bearing surface with the edge of the journal.
December 30, 201213 yr Author cam cap - houses the cam seal. camshaft support.... hard ballers! nothing else meets the description...only on drivers side...oring underneath of it...turn it to get it off...pulls forward.
December 30, 201213 yr Some of us are rather dense you know... A rubber mallett has always worked for me.
December 31, 201213 yr make shure the cam is in unloaded position I never thought about that, and it is very important if you think about it. I'm just hoping that, with the timing belt removed, the camshaft would turn towards the unloaded position by itself.
December 31, 201213 yr Pssst, try some lubrication.... rotate with channel locks and a small flat tip screw driver giving outward pressure.
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