fanugi
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Hi all,
Hope everyone's ranger is running well!
Finally replaced the camshaft synchronizer thanks to some help from some good people on this forum! The old one is definitely chirping when I spin it so that was the culprit.
I'm not the most mechanical person and it was more difficult than anticipated to even get at it due to where it sits in the engine bay and everything around it. The point is that I want to be pleased that it's replaced but I'm not entirely sure it's buttoned up the way it needs to be.
While I'm fairly certain the "lip" and the cam synchro itself are positioned correctly at the moment, It was rotating left and right when I was securing/screwing the sensor on top of it.
Could this be because the mounting bracket isn't screwed down tightly enough? I didn't notice that the washer wasn't flush with the metal around the base of where the synchro sits when I unscrewed it initially but it's sitting at an angle for sure now. That surprised me. Is it even supposed to sit at an angle like that to hold the synchronizer down at the lip? That seems wonky to me. Does the torque of that bracket stop the synchro from rotating?
I don't want the synchronizer moving from the position it's supposed to be in and I want to make sure the screw/washer are secure enough and set correctly. Right now, both the mounting bracket and the sensor screws are tight to the point that I would have had to really put some force on the ratchet to tighten further and I didn't want to make them too tight. I know there is a recommended torque but I don't have the tools for that or even know how to do that at this point, quite frankly.
Also, how do I know for sure that the synchro is in place correctly and working? The chirping is gone and I'm 99% sure that both the lip and synchro are positioned as they were with the old one (even with the sensor sliding the synchro left and right the way it was as I set it back to where it was supposed to be). I took a drive after installing it at around 50mph for twenty minutes and carefully listened and watched the oil and temp gauges.
I never did have a code when the old one was chirping but would a code be triggered if the new synchro wasn't positioned correctly? I'm guessing the check engine light would come on? Would the truck not even run? It almost seems too good to be true that it's working right now! I'm just not sure what to look for, exactly. Without any way to be sure it's correct, I'm anxious driving it knowing that a bad cam synchro can cause the engine to seize.
Any insight would be sincerely appreciated. I want to tighten the screws down more if they need to be and want to ensure that it's working properly.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Hope everyone's ranger is running well!
Finally replaced the camshaft synchronizer thanks to some help from some good people on this forum! The old one is definitely chirping when I spin it so that was the culprit.
I'm not the most mechanical person and it was more difficult than anticipated to even get at it due to where it sits in the engine bay and everything around it. The point is that I want to be pleased that it's replaced but I'm not entirely sure it's buttoned up the way it needs to be.
While I'm fairly certain the "lip" and the cam synchro itself are positioned correctly at the moment, It was rotating left and right when I was securing/screwing the sensor on top of it.
Could this be because the mounting bracket isn't screwed down tightly enough? I didn't notice that the washer wasn't flush with the metal around the base of where the synchro sits when I unscrewed it initially but it's sitting at an angle for sure now. That surprised me. Is it even supposed to sit at an angle like that to hold the synchronizer down at the lip? That seems wonky to me. Does the torque of that bracket stop the synchro from rotating?
I don't want the synchronizer moving from the position it's supposed to be in and I want to make sure the screw/washer are secure enough and set correctly. Right now, both the mounting bracket and the sensor screws are tight to the point that I would have had to really put some force on the ratchet to tighten further and I didn't want to make them too tight. I know there is a recommended torque but I don't have the tools for that or even know how to do that at this point, quite frankly.
Also, how do I know for sure that the synchro is in place correctly and working? The chirping is gone and I'm 99% sure that both the lip and synchro are positioned as they were with the old one (even with the sensor sliding the synchro left and right the way it was as I set it back to where it was supposed to be). I took a drive after installing it at around 50mph for twenty minutes and carefully listened and watched the oil and temp gauges.
I never did have a code when the old one was chirping but would a code be triggered if the new synchro wasn't positioned correctly? I'm guessing the check engine light would come on? Would the truck not even run? It almost seems too good to be true that it's working right now! I'm just not sure what to look for, exactly. Without any way to be sure it's correct, I'm anxious driving it knowing that a bad cam synchro can cause the engine to seize.
Any insight would be sincerely appreciated. I want to tighten the screws down more if they need to be and want to ensure that it's working properly.
Thanks in advance for any help!