checking differential backlash
#3
Out of a diesel Cub Cadet garden tractor. I'm transferring the internals from the stock and shitty Aluminum rear end to a cast iron casing. The service manuals assumes you know how all this stuff works, so they skimp on the actual how-to part of it and just say 'set the backlash between 0.003 and 0.008' and go to the next step.
Bad photo but here it is:
Bad photo but here it is:
#5
There's two carriers that hold the casing in place, and the ring gear is riveted to that. The outside carriers are shimmed to set the pre-load/backlash.
After looking around I gather that I need to put a dial indicator on the ring gear, and turn the pinion to check the measurement?
After looking around I gather that I need to put a dial indicator on the ring gear, and turn the pinion to check the measurement?
#7
No, just moving it from the Al case to the CI case, but supposedly it's done without modifying anything on the pinion at all.
Thanks for replying! I know it's only a small tractor but I want to try and get this done correctly instead of just throwing it together and then crying later when something bad happens.
Thanks for replying! I know it's only a small tractor but I want to try and get this done correctly instead of just throwing it together and then crying later when something bad happens.
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