Differential Assembly: Adjustment: Backlash
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- Before inspection and adjustment, drain gear oil.
- Remove rear cover. Refer to Disassembly and Assembly .
- Using rear cover mounting bolt, install dummy cover set [SST: KV385J9010 (--)] to gear carrier. Refer to Disassembly and Assembly .CAUTION: Liquid gasket is not necessary. Never apply liquid gasket to rear cover.NOTE: The installation procedure is the same as that of rear cover.
- Fit a dial indicator to the drive gear face to measure the backlash.
Backlash
: Refer to Backlash .
- If the backlash is outside of the specified value, change the thickness of side bearing adjusting washers.
When the backlash is large:
Make drive gear back side adjusting washer thicker, and drive gear tooth side adjusting washer thinner by the same amount. For selecting adjusting washer, refer to the latest parts information.
When the backlash is small:
Make drive gear back side adjusting washer thinner, and drive gear tooth side adjusting washer thicker by the same amount. For selecting adjusting washer, refer to the latest parts information.
CAUTION: Never change the total amount of washers as it changes the bearing preload.