CITROEN SM - Engine Assembly: Camshaft Timing; Inlet Camshaft Timing Procedure; Exhaust Camshaft Timing Procedure

24 SM VEHICLES
OVERHAULING AN ENGINE
S 100-3
ASSEMBLY Contd,
4 0 Contd.
IN LET
- Push in the pushrod by 1 mm, turn the camshaft in the rotation direction of the engine (spanner D from set3185-T)
- Tighten the false bearing C of set 3185-T.
- Find, by turning the toothed ring
(2), the point at which it engages at
the same time in the splines of the
camshaft and fully in the teeth of the
pinion.
- Tighten the nut (1) (pin spanner E
from set 3185-T).
Loosen the nuts of the false bearings.
NOTE : The bearing caps w ill be fitted
and tightened to 26-28 mAN
(2.6-2.8 m.kg 18.8-20.3 ft/lb s )
after the timj ng adjustment has
been checked.
40 Contd.
EXHAUST
- F it the support A (fixed by plate F), the pin touching the exhaust pushrod of cylinder 1.
- Bring the needle of the gauge to 0
Push in the pushrod by 1,3 mm : turn the camshaft in the opposite direction to that of the engine rotation,
- Tighten the false bearing C from set 3185-T,
- Find , by turn ing the toothed
ring (2), the point where
this engages correctly,
- Tighten the nut (1) (pin
spanner E from set 3185-T).