VVT Hard oil feed at the back of 1.8 cam cover won't allign to put bolt through

Technical Area Engine, Transmission, Exhaust etc
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Hi,

I have recently just changed the head gasket on my 1.8 vvt nb, put all back together no real issues all torqued down etc. I have gone to put the last piece of the puzzle on (bolt that goes through the back of the vvt oil feed at the back of the cam cover) and it just ever so slightly doesn’t line up for me to put the bolt through. I have removed this multiple times before with no issues and i am aware there is supposed to be a little bit of play in order to allign them, however this time there’s just too much difference for me to do this.

Any tips would be appreciated.

  1. My model of MX-5 is: nb2.5 svt
  2. I’m based near: Bingley