Chrysler RAM TRUCK 2500 1994 Service Manual page 130

REAR SUSPENSION AND AXLE 3 - 23
DRIVE SIDE
O F RING
GEAR TEETH
HEEL TOE
COAST SIDE
O F RING
GEAR TEETH
TOE
HEEL
DESIRABLE C O N T A C T PATTERN.
PATTERN S H O U L D BE CENTERED
O N THE DRIVE SIDE O F T O O T H .
PATTERN S H O U L D BE CENTERED O N
THE COAST SIDE O F T O O T H ,
BUT MAY BE SLIGHTLY T O W A R D
THE TOE. THERE S H O U L D ALWAYS
BE SOME CLEARANCE BETWEEN
CONTACT PATTERN A N D TOP O F
THE T O O T H .
RING GEAR BACKLASH CORRECT.
THINNER P I N I O N GEAR DEPTH
SHIM REQUIRED.
RING GEAR BACKLASH CORRECT.
THICKER P I N I O N GEAR DEPTH
SHIM REQUIRED.
P I N I O N GEAR DEPTH SHIM
CORRECT. DECREASE RING
GEAR BACKLASH.
P I N I O N GEAR DEPTH SHIM
CORRECT. INCREASE RING
GEAR BACKLASH.
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Fig. 31 Gear Teeth Contact Patterns