Adjusting Ring Gear

Adjusting Ring Gear

Note: After adjustment of pinion, remove cover for final drive housing and cover for pinion.

1. Install differential and pinion. Insert seals in both covers and install cover for final drive housing. Coat sealing surface with D 3 sealer. Mount cover for pinion and tighten all bolts of both covers to specified torque.
2. Apply a light coat of multi-purpose grease to 0-rings and threads of adjusting rings. Lubricate bearings with hypoid gear oil and tighten both adjusting rings until the surfaces between teeth are at same height as housing surface.
3. Continue adjusting the adjusting ring behind ring gear carefully, until teeth of ring gear mesh with pinion without play.
4. Tighten adjusting ring opposite ring gear as far as possible and preload slightly so there is no play in bearings.




5. Turn adjusting ring behind ring gear back by 1/2 tooth (direction of arrow).




6. Turn adjusting ring opposite ring gear by 2 teeth (direction of arrow). This completes adjustment of the necessary bearing preload and specified backlash