R56 HELP! Anyone have the cam alignment tool in PITTSBURGH?

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Jul 27, 2018 | 11:04 AM

Machine

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HELP! Anyone have the cam alignment tool in PITTSBURGH?

I’m kind of up **** creek without a paddle. Starting my timing chain replacement and realize I ordered the wrong cam alignment tool for an N14 N12 Mini. I have a 2007 S, which I guess is neither of these. Is there anyone in Pittsburgh PA that has one I can use/rent today??? Please?

Jul 28, 2018 | 03:48 PM

oldbrokenwind

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Your '07S is an N14 engine. If you ordered an N14 N12 Mini cam timing tool, it should work just fine, IF it's used correctly.

Jul 28, 2018 | 07:06 PM

aholst048

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If your tool is anything like mine was, the part of the tools that locks the exhaust camshaft will need a section grinded off. It'll hit the turbo otherwise. Mine was for an N14/N12, but needed this modification.

Jul 29, 2018 | 10:05 AM

Machine

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yeah, that’s kind of BS you have to grind away a part to make it work. I was able to get it to hold the cams, but couldn’t bolt it down to anything. Seems like the cams were still able to move a tiny bit. I was able to get them aligned better with a straightedge and feeler gauges. So how much timing error does the ecm compensate for due to the flywheel pin and camshaft lock tool tolerance stackup? I’m probably within a degree of being perfectly timed

Jul 31, 2018 | 04:40 AM

BigBoost

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Who Makes the tool set
I know there is a lot of cheap set
out there .

Aug 2, 2018 | 09:59 AM

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I had the tensioner installed instead of the tensioner tool, prolly why timing is vey slightly off. I will look at the tool again this weekend and time it again when my new cam bolts get delivered.

Aug 4, 2018 | 11:38 AM

aholst048

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I had the tensioner installed instead of the tensioner tool, prolly why timing is vey slightly off. I will look at the tool again this weekend and time it again when my new cam bolts get delivered.

Yeah, unless you do the timing 1000000% by the book, the car isn't going to be too happy and won't run right. At the shop I work at, we had an R55S come in not running right. Previous shop had never touched a N14 motor before and just marked everything. Ran, but ran correctly when we re-did the timing with my timing tools