Another Gear Pattern Check Please

[CrpMag122]

I was hoping you guys could take a look at this. To my very novice eye, I am bouncing back forth between the pattern being good to thinking maybe the pinion is just a tad too far away. These are used gears, I was told to pay the closest attention to the coast side. Thanks in advance.

 

[76zimmer]

TTT
I can't tell you which way to go but it looks like it needs changing
Hopefully someone that knows what they're doing will chime in

 

[wetoolowdingbangow]

I've not set up any gears as of yet but I can tell you the pinion looks too close to the ring gear.

This picture should help. There's also a YouTube video by a guy called jantz76. He goes through each shim and show you what to look for.

 

[skunked]

that's a cool diagram, *right click save as*

 

[wetoolowdingbangow]

that's a cool diagram, *right click save as*

Safely stored next to the cv/two joint diagram you have haha!

 

[skunked]

Safely stored next to the cv/two joint diagram you have haha!

That's a good one too.

 

[CrpMag122]

See the one you posted is more straight forward to me. This is what is in my book from Randy's ring & pinion

The one in Randy's book leaves me a bit more confused. When I pulled the gears out the backlash was at .019 average after checking it on four different spots. After installing the ARB I got the backlash to .008. Makes me wonder if there was a reason the gears had such a rediculous amount of backlash when I pulled them. The guy I bought it from said he a had Geared Up in Grass Valley set up the gears. From what I understand Geared Up is a very good shop.