Variocam actuator problem

[Silber]

Everything was bound up when I bench released. Once you tighten the adjuster down, holding fixtures, and cam caps, with the cams installed on the head it will free up. ( I don’t have the shop manual in front of me so I don’t remember what order you’re supposed to do all that in.)

Silber

[Boxtar]

Really appreciate the advice.
This afternoon I installed the bound-up actuator/change/pad unit into the head and, as you mentioned, everything fell into position when the bearings and cam lock tool were installed and the zip-tie removed.
The Pelican directions are good, but do tend to leave out a lot of little details that I might have found helpful :-)
Andrew.