Gear Tooth Contact Pattern Check - Honda NSA700A DN-1 2009 Service Manual

GEAR TOOTH CONTACT PATTERN
CHECK
Description of the tooth:
COAST SIDE
(contacts when engine brak'ng is applied)
Clean the sealing material off the mating surfaces of
Keep d u s t a n d d irt
the gear case and cover, being careful not to dam­
out o f the case ar.d
age them.
cover.
Apply a thin coat of Prussian Blue to the pinion gear
teeth.
Select the replacement shaft shim (page 14-10).
Install the shaft shim.
Install the case cover and tighten the bolts in a criss­
cross pattern in several steps until the cover evenly
touches the gear case.
Install and tighten the tw o 10 mm bolts to the speci­
fied torque in several steps alternately.
TORQUE: 47 N-m (4.8 kgf-m, 35 Ibf-ft)
Tighten the six 8 mm bolts to the specified torque in
a crisscross pattern in several times.
TORQUE: 25 N-m (2.6 kgf-m, 19 Ibf-ft)
Remove the oil fille r cap.
Rotate the ring gear several times in normal direc­
tion of rotation.
Check the gear tooth contact pattern through the oil
fille r hole.
Contact is normal if the Prussian Blue is transferred
to the approximate center of each tooth and slightly
towards the face.
If the patterns are not correct, remove and replace the
pinion gear shim with a suitable one (page 14-15).
HEEL (out sice of gear)
TOE (inside of gear)
DRIVE SIDE
J
(contacts when engine power is applied)
Apply Prussian Blue
8
mm BOLTS
Normal:
PINION SHIM
HEEL
FACE
▼
FLANK
FINAL DRIVE
SHAFT SHIM
10 mm BOLTS
GEAR CASE COVER
TOE HEEL
DRIVE
COAST
SIDE
SIDE
14-11
face
FLANK