Dodge RAM TRUCK 1500 1995 Service Manual page 143

mm
mm SUSPENSION and 'axle • 3 - 23
DRIVE SIDE
O F RING
GEAR TEETH
HEEL
TOE
COAST SIDE
O F RING
GEAR TEETH
TOE
HEEL
DESIRABLE CONTACT PATTERN.
PATTERN SHOULD BE CENTERED
O N THE DRIVE SIDE O F T O O T H .
PATTERN SHOULD BE CENTERED O N
THE COAST SIDE O F T O O T H ,
BUT MAY BE SLIGHTLY TOWARD
THE TOE. THERE SHOULD ALWAYS
BE SOME CLEARANCE BETWEEN
CONTACT PATTERN A N D TOP OF
THE T O O T H .
RING GEAR BACKLASH CORRECT.
THINNER PINION GEAR DEPTH
SHIM REQUIRED.
RING GEAR BACKLASH CORRECT
THICKER PINION GEAR DEPTH
SHIM REQUIRED.
PINION GEAR DEPTH SHIM
CORRECT. DECREASE RING
GEAR BACKLASH.
PINION GEAR DEPTH SHIM
CORRECT. INCREASE RING
GEAR BACKLASH.
Fig. 31 Gear Teeth Contact Patterns
J9003-24