For those who have the F'ing Banjo bolt like I do.....I'll tell you what I did to overcome that damned bolt. It is time consuming and it makes it possible, not easy, just possible for you to get to your cam follower without removing that banjo bolt. Some pics are during the removal of the pump and some are after...I was too busy fighting the pump to grab my phone and take more pics.
And ummm.....I am not responsible if anything bad happens to your engine or if you get hurt or lose your T30 bit or your screws or your mind....
I followed what myflygti said on page 4 comment #82. I'll just go more into detail.
There are 3 screws you have to remove. 2 on the top and 1 on the bottom.
There are 2 metal lines that run across the front of your engine. There are 2 torx screws holding them in place as shown in the picture below. The one on the left is easy to take off, the one on the right is a bitch. The PCV is all over it laughing in your face....so I placed only the T30 bit on the screw and with the 1/4 box wrench I started loosening it....it takes time and patiance but it comes off.
Then I went to the one below and that one was a pain. You have to use an extension on your racket wrench and the same T30 bit and get it in there and loosen it. I took the screw out completely (I don't think you need to, loosening it is enough i believe, but I did it anyway). Just know it's a PITA to put back in without dropping it.
After all this you will realize that not much has changed...you barely get any room to play but you get just enough to where you can pull the pump out with most of the spring exposed but the pesky cam follower wants to come out as well and wont let go of the spring so I used needle nose pliers to push the cam follower inside the pump since it was the only thing stopping me from getting that spring out. Once the spring is free of the cam follower you can get the pump out of the way and finally have access to your cam follower.
If you decide to do all this please make sure the spring is aligned with the cam follower as you push the cam follower back inside the hole. Push the cam follower as gentle as possible. It does require some strength (at least for me it did) but you shouldn't be turning red or cramping your arms either lol....don't try hammering or jamming it in there. Idk if you could actually damage either one so play it safe.
Now you deserve a nice cold beer. (or a couple) :drinking:
When putting everything together, first put the cam follower inside the hole then fight the pump again and get the spring inside of the cam follower after that just do as the OP directed with the exception that you have to tighten those 3 screws that you removed...
I hope this helps those with banjo bolts and those metal lines.
