Just recently had a timing belt service and the tech told me my actuator arms for my intake were broken and the top shaft was seized. Just wanted to let my treg brothers know about a product i used that made fixing this easy. Seafoam penetrating oil spray. Its the best ive ever used. It took a couple sessions of spraying and manually turning the flap. At first i couldnt move it at all so i used a ratchet extension, seated it on the ball and tapped it with a small rubber mallet and budged it a bit. Did that from opposite directions till i could make it fully travel from stop to stop. I could see the oil almost being sucked in as i had the engine running while i did this. The following day i used the car with the lever off respraying it occasionally trying to spray between the shaft and the metal flange. I kept working it back and forth and now its totally freed up! Now with both sides moving freely I ordered the delrin plastic replacements from the bay for $59.50 shipped and i should be good to go. I swear this is the best penetrating oil i've ever used. It saved me a lot of problems trying to get that shaft off the flange without breaking something. Go with the SEAFOAM.
BTW i positioned the flap while the spring was off leaving it half open and felt quite a difference in performance. Cant wait till its fixed.
BTW i positioned the flap while the spring was off leaving it half open and felt quite a difference in performance. Cant wait till its fixed.