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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1999
Doreen Jeanette Muter, Belleville, MI (US);
William Charles Ronzi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Douglas David Cantrell, Jr, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas Patrick Durfee, Redford, MI (US);
Thomas Kenneth Wagel, Gross Ile, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A camshaft lash adjustment process for an internal combustion engine includes the steps of substituting a tiltable camshaft retainer for a camshaft bearing cap which is proximate a driven end of the camshaft, followed by removal of all remaining camshaft bearing caps and the substitution of a camshaft tilt limiter for one of the camshaft bearing caps so as to allow rotation of the camshaft to a tilted position. This permits adjustment of valve tappets driven by the camshaft.