Mitsubishi Eclipse Workshop Manual page 323

REAR AXLE
<4WD>
-
Differential
Carrier
27-23
D
)
(1)
Tooth
cgil?ct pattem
is a
method for judging the result of the adjustment of drive pinion height
and
final drive
gear
backlash..The adiu.stment of drive pinion hight and final drive geär backlash should be repeaied untiltooth contact
pattems bear
a
similarity
to the
standard
tooth contact
pattern.
(21 When adiustment is not able to obtain
a
correct pattern, it may be judged that the drive
gear
and drive
pinion have
exceed
their usage limits and both gears should be replaced äs ä
set.
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a
Standard
tooth contact
Pattern
1
Narrow
tooth
side
2
Drive-side
tooth
surface (the side
applying power
during forward
movement)
3
Wide
tooth
side
4
Coast-side
tooth
surface (the
side applying pow-
er
during reverse
movement)
Problem
Solution
Tooth contact pattern resuhing from
exces-
sive pinion height
D
3
The drive pinion
is
positioned
center
of the
drive
gear.
far from
the
3
lncrease the thickness of
the pinion height adjusting
shim, and position
the drive pinion closer to
the
center
of the
drive
gear.
Also,
for
backlash adiustment. position
the
drive
gear farther from the
drive
pinion.
\
Tooth contact pattern resuhing from insuffi-
cient pinion
height
o
3
The
drive pinion
is
positioned too close to
the center
of
the drive gear.
3
Decrease
the thickness of the pinion
height adjust-
ing shim, and position the drive pinion farther from
the
center
of the
drive gear.
Also,
for
backlash adjustment, position
the
drive
gear closer
to the
drive pinion
NOTE
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