All right flat rate mechanic here in this video we're gonna be replacing a camshaft on a
5.4 liter Ford
Engine the 3 valve motor and we're gonna be doing it without taking the timing chain off using this wedge tool
we'll be right replacing the
Camshaft the rocker arms, I'll show you how to replace the cam phasor as well and the lifters in this motor
Got this little digital caliper, we're just gonna be measuring the cams to make sure we got the right part
I'll leave a link in the video description below we can get this caliper. It's handy little tool
I think this thing's on like 10 bucks super cheap on Amazon works. Great
Also this wedge tool is what we're going to be using to hold the chain in place
So we can remove this cam and cam phasors without taking the chain off
I'll also be replacing the lifters
Like I said and the rocker arms here as you can see and I'll show you how to install and remove this wedge tool
All right
so we're gonna jump right into this you on this vehicle what's actually happened here is one of the roller rockers has frozen up and
It's basically just been sliding on the cam lobe so it's taking out the cam
Along with this rocker arm is gonna have to be replaced
We're not actually installing a new fazer on this one, but I'll show you how to install it the new cam fazer
You could do at the same time
So yeah on this one
We're gonna be doing the cam the rockers the lifters and all that stuff and we're gonna be doing it without removing
Without removing the timing chain or taking the timing chain cover off, which is a big time-saver
The little wedge tool is actually gonna stick right down in here in between two chains to hold the tensioners out
Yeah, so we're gonna go ahead and slide this sucker right down in here and depending on which bank you're doing is gonna depend on
How this tool goes we're doing the right thing
These come in two different styles
One will just steel rod like the one I have here and some would just has a steel cable and I prefer
One with the rod
So we're gonna take this sucker down in there and you're gonna hit here
It actually kind of click in a few times like I got a quick one puts a little higher. I'll click again and
There feels like it's in there pretty good
It's nice and snug we just make sure once you have this sucker in place
It's not gonna fall out
That's gonna mean a lot more work but I'm gonna see if I can the camera yeah you can see right there
It's wedged between the two
Chains and this holding the tension was open
and I got another shot with a timing cover actually up to show you exactly
What this wedge tool is doing to hold this chain in place
Yeah, and as you can see right here that's a cable style one and it's just was right in there to hold
It's holding the tensioner chain and everything in place
Okay, now that we got that in there before we start taking anything apart, I'm just gonna put a mark on
The chain and on the phaser on the cam phaser to
make sure I
Would put this back in the right orientation
All right, so we got our
Hand marked we got the wedge tool in and I've got the cam
I should I loosened up and I have taken the bolts out of the front and as you can see the phaser
slides right off the cam and if you're ever replacing the phaser
All you really need to do is left side chain up and make sure when you reinstall a new phaser
It's gonna be lined up on that
Chain in the same place that the old phaser was when you took it out
But you can just lift a chain pull out figure out at this point if need be we're not replacing this in this video
But we are gonna be replacing the cam as you can see here. I jump right ahead. We've got the cam out
And you can get a much better look
At what has failed on this motor? We're just getting a light ticking noise
Remove the valve cover and it was pretty obvious that one of our cameras scored up
You can see these are spinning and the one that has failed here isn't spinning as froze right up
We've got all new rocker arms
We get all new lifters, which I've already installed and it's always a good idea to let me soak in oil overnight
Which we did I've installed some assembly Lube prior before we put this stuff back together
And I'll leave a link below to everything. I used in this video too in the video description
All right, so we got it our cam installed and here's something very important that will make your job much easier is
You're just gonna want to slide the front of the cam into the phaser before bolting the cam in place only because
If there's a little off a little bit and you get the thing bolted down, you're gonna have a hard time
Getting it to line up with the campus
There's a key way there so you don't want to be turning the motor over with the wedge tool
holding the chain cuz I could pop out so I went ahead and installed the front of the cam in the phasor prior to actually
bolting this camshaft down
And now I've got this all port and
The torque on these cam bolts was
86 inch pounds so you also need a torque wrench to do this job
So now that we got this all bolt down in our front bolt torque. I'm gonna go ahead and pull this out wedge tool out
And that's pretty much gonna complete it this job
I'm also gonna put a cam actuator in this as well
like
That's gonna do it for this video
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