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Originally Posted by Fitz
When correct the backlash should be somewhere between 0.003 and 0.007 inches and the pinion gear teeth should leave neat little half moons in the CENTER of the ring gear teeth as shown in the photo. Then you can tighten the nut on the crush sleeve on the pinion. Get the pattern marks too near the outside of the ring gear and same result as poor backlash...broken teeth the first time you back off the throttle then get back on it!
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On a new install pinion depth and preload get set first . 0.003 is to tight you'll find the ring gear to have "tight" spots when that tight . I try and stay around .008-.010 . On a used gear the backlash
must be set back to where it was before disassembly .