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Trick for installing Variocam Actuator between chains

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I did this some years ago and I was struggling with installing the Variocam Actuator in between the two cam shafts until I found a youtube video showing this trick and the actuator slipped right in. Well, it's time to do this again and I can't find that video. So please, what is that trick ? If I remember correctly, placing the two cam shaft with their ends hanging over the edge of the bench. Fit the cam shafts with the indentations matching up with the two funny color chain links. Tight chain at the bottom, loose chain at the top. Wiggle the actuator (fully compressed) into the position, and remove the compression tool...

POST 3 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

5 chain... but I figured it out. Just a matter of finesse.

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" Finesse" is a BIG part of wrenching on a Porsche vehicle, either you got it or you don't ...

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