My camshaft pin,which holds the sproket in place, broke. How can I replece it?
Oct 17, 2009 at 6:42 PM
1999 Dodge Neon camshaft pin
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The center is not hardened. Center punch it in the middle and drill into it. Use the drill bit to pull the piece out of the camshaft. You can also try gluing something to the piece with epoxy. The pin isn't in there very tight.
Be very sure the cam timing is correct before you turn the engine over with the starter. At one tooth off, the "Check Engine" light will come on, and a diagnostic fault code for "cam and crank signals out of sync" will be set. At two teeth off, the engine computer will shut the engine down. At three teeth off, valves will hit the pistons.
When the pin breaks, the valve timing shifts even though the timing belt didn't jump a tooth on the sprocket. The out-of-sync condition can be detected because the cam sensor is on the other end of the camshaft, not by the sprocket.
caradiodoc
Be very sure the cam timing is correct before you turn the engine over with the starter. At one tooth off, the "Check Engine" light will come on, and a diagnostic fault code for "cam and crank signals out of sync" will be set. At two teeth off, the engine computer will shut the engine down. At three teeth off, valves will hit the pistons.
When the pin breaks, the valve timing shifts even though the timing belt didn't jump a tooth on the sprocket. The out-of-sync condition can be detected because the cam sensor is on the other end of the camshaft, not by the sprocket.
caradiodoc
Oct 19, 2009 at 8:35 PM
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