Eh, having some trouble getting a "perfect" imprint when adjusting my gears. These are my original gears, so they're well worn. From the gear experts, what's the consensus here?
The Ford book mentions to adjust backlash to move the imprint from the toe to the heel, but even adjusting backlash to 015" (spec is .008"-.012"), doesn't seem to affect the pattern.
Adjusting pinion depth does affect the pattern. It'll push the drive side toward the heel, but then the pattern is pretty shallow and the coast side is way out to the heel.
Patience...
Edit: On reading some Spicer documentation, it appears that used gears tend to favor the toe side and that user should concentrate on centering the pattern between the root and top of the teeth rather then worrying too much about heel-toe.
The Ford book mentions to adjust backlash to move the imprint from the toe to the heel, but even adjusting backlash to 015" (spec is .008"-.012"), doesn't seem to affect the pattern.
Adjusting pinion depth does affect the pattern. It'll push the drive side toward the heel, but then the pattern is pretty shallow and the coast side is way out to the heel.
Patience...
Edit: On reading some Spicer documentation, it appears that used gears tend to favor the toe side and that user should concentrate on centering the pattern between the root and top of the teeth rather then worrying too much about heel-toe.
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