Mitsubishi 1989-1993 GALANT Service Manual page 889

contact
Standard tooth
1 Narrow tooth side
during forward movement)
3 Wide tooth side
4 Coast-side tooth surface (the side applying pow-
er during reverse movement)
Problem
Tooth contact pattern resulting from exces-
sive pinion height
The drive pinion is positioned too far from the
center of the drive gear.
NOTE
backlash. The adjustment of drive pinion hight and final drive gear backlash should be repeated until tooth contact
patterns bear a similarity to the standard tooth contact pattern.
exceed their usage limits and both gears should be replaced as a set.
REAR AXLE <AWD>
pattern
3
3
TSB Revision
Solution
3
shim, and position the drive pinion closer to the
center of the drive gear.
gear farther from the drive pinion.
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.