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Makes 🢒 Cadillac 🢒 1999 🢒 Catera 🢒 Engine 🢒 Engine Mechanical - 3.0L 🢒 Camshaft Drive Sprocket Removal

    Object Number: 345381 Size: SH
  1. Install the J 42069-1 Camshaft Locking Tool between camshaft drive sprocket 1 and 2 to hold the camshaft drive sprockets in place while loosening the bolt.
  2. Install the J 42069-2 Camshaft Locking Tool between camshaft drive sprocket 3 and 4 to hold the camshaft drive sprockets in place while loosening the bolt.

    3. Object Number: 159009 Size: SH
  3. Loosen the camshaft drive sprocket bolts.

    4. Important: Some of the camshaft lobes are under load from the lifters and may abruptly rotate with the locking tools removed.

  4. Remove the camshaft locking tools and carefully rotate the camshafts to release the lifter pressure from the camshafts, if applicable.
  5. Remove the camshaft drive sprocket bolts.
  6. Remove the camshaft drive sprocket washers.
  7. Remove the camshaft drive sprockets.