Honda S2000 Service Manual page 495

17. Tighten the bearing cap mounting bolts.
18. Thoroughly clean the ring gear and drive pinion
teeth, and paint the ring gear teeth with Prussian
B l u e l i g h t l y a n d e v e n l y .
19. Rotate the pinion three full turns in the forward and
reverse directions to produce a contact pattern on
the ring gear. During this operation resistance
should be applied to the ring gear.
45 N.m {4.6 kgt.m,33lbf.ftl
20. Check the tooth contact, and adjust it if needed.
. Toe Contact: Use a thinner thrust washer to
move the drive pinion away from the ring gear.
. Heel Contact: Use a thicker thrust washer to
move the drive pinion toward from the ring gear.
. Flank Contact: To move the ring gear away from
the drive pinion, tighten the adjustment screw on
the drive pinion side and loosen the adjustment
screw on the ring gear side. Recheck backlash
after adjusting the adjustment screws. lf out of
specification, adjust as described under Toe
Contact.
. Face Contact: To move the ring gear toward the
drive pinion, tighten the adjustment screw on the
ring gear side and loosen the adjustment screw
on the drive pinion side. Recheck backlash after
adjusting the adjustment screws. lf out of
specification, adjust as described under Heel
Contact.
Correct Tooth Contact
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Toe Contact
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