Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring 2009 Manual page 624

Fig. 48: Aligning Bearing Cap Alignment Marks
Courtesy of MAZDA MOTORS CORP.
1. Coat both surfaces of the ring gear uniformly with a thin red lead coating.
2. While rotating the ring gear back and forth by hand, rotate the drive pinion several times and
inspect the tooth contact.
3. Inspect the tooth contacts in four locations around the ring gear, and check that the tooth contacts
showing the red lead coating are the same as the pattern indicated in the figure.
If the tooth contact is good, wipe off the red lead coating.
If it is not good, adjust the pinion height, then adjust the backlash.
Fig. 49: Inspecting Tooth Contacts
Courtesy of MAZDA MOTORS CORP.
4. If toe and flank contact appears as shown in the figure, replace the spacer with a thinner one, and
move the drive pinion outward.
2008 Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring
2008 DRIVELINE/AXLES Differential - Mazda CX-9