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> Ring and Pinion Backlash, What's everyone doing?
Matt Romanowski
post Apr 15 2013, 07:11 PM
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For the folks who are rebuilding their own transmissions, what are you using for a backlash measurement? The manual says around .007, but that seems a little tight. We're trying to get some temperature out of the transmission and were thinking about running a little looser. Anyone tried that?
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Matt Romanowski   Ring and Pinion Backlash   Apr 15 2013, 07:11 PM
Mark Henry   I wouldn't try that, maybe it's time for a...   Apr 15 2013, 08:34 PM
Matt Romanowski   I wouldn't try that, maybe it's time for ...   Apr 16 2013, 05:15 AM
Mark Henry   I don't race so mine is just stock. But, I...   Apr 16 2013, 08:02 AM
pcar916   :agree: The backlash and contact pattern go work...   Apr 16 2013, 08:16 AM
Matt Romanowski   You can have good settings and contact and still b...   Apr 16 2013, 08:29 AM
Dr Evil   I use the factory tool, or at least a clone of it....   Apr 16 2013, 11:58 AM
Jon B   The factory states that .012-.018 is tolerance... ...   Oct 6 2013, 10:32 PM
Jon B   I use the factory tool, or at least a clone of it...   Oct 7 2013, 10:49 PM
Dr Evil   [quote name='Dr Evil' post='1850919' date='Apr 16...   Oct 8 2013, 10:34 AM
396   [quote name='Dr Evil' post='1850919' date='Apr 1...   Oct 8 2013, 12:31 PM
Dr Evil   Not using inches, why would you assume so? Decimal...   Oct 6 2013, 10:35 PM
Jon B   Not using inches, why would you assume so? I didn...   Oct 6 2013, 10:57 PM
396   Not using inches, why would you assume so? Hi, I...   Oct 7 2013, 05:44 PM
Dr Evil   Sure, whatever   Oct 7 2013, 12:26 AM
Matt Romanowski   Jon - Good call. As an update, we're going to...   Oct 7 2013, 06:19 AM
76-914   Jon - Good call. As an update, we're going t...   Oct 7 2013, 08:19 AM
Jon B   As an update, we're going to pull the transmi...   Oct 7 2013, 10:00 PM
r_towle   Matt, what kind of differential do you use? Rich   Oct 7 2013, 07:56 PM
Matt Romanowski   Matt, what kind of differential do you use? Rich...   Oct 7 2013, 11:32 PM
zambezi   [quote name='Jon B' post='1936884' date='Oct 6 20...   Oct 7 2013, 08:18 PM
Dr Evil   Ya, in my free time ;) Sorry, I am at my 9a-9p job...   Oct 8 2013, 12:41 PM
Dr Evil   Search on Pelican as the guy who made them had a t...   Oct 8 2013, 12:41 PM
jimkelly   see post #43 http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.p...   Oct 8 2013, 12:47 PM
Dr Evil   Um, no. That is not it.   Oct 8 2013, 12:49 PM
Matt Romanowski   Post 21 shows one though.   Oct 8 2013, 01:25 PM
sixnotfour   http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911...tml#p...   Oct 8 2013, 01:56 PM
Dr Evil   http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911...tml#...   Oct 8 2013, 02:42 PM
r_towle   Matt, Have you considered replacing the diff hous...   Oct 8 2013, 07:44 PM
Matt Romanowski   Matt, Have you considered replacing the diff hou...   Oct 8 2013, 08:25 PM
Jon B   We have a billet intermediate plate and side plate...   Oct 8 2013, 09:35 PM
Matt Romanowski   We have a billet intermediate plate and side plat...   Oct 8 2013, 10:46 PM
Jon B   Matt, You realize that's alot of engine and t...   Oct 8 2013, 11:32 PM
Matt Romanowski   Matt, You realize that's alot of engine and ...   Oct 9 2013, 06:07 AM
r_towle   Matt, You realize that's alot of engine and ...   Oct 9 2013, 11:19 AM
Jon B   Can you replace the ring and pinion with the 8 too...   Oct 9 2013, 12:07 PM
John   I use the VW tools. Got them to do 915's, but...   Oct 8 2013, 07:52 PM
Jon B   John, Those are excellent tools, and Porsche-reco...   Oct 8 2013, 09:18 PM
John   John, Those are excellent tools, and Porsche-rec...   Oct 9 2013, 08:18 PM
914forme   Okay the magic mystery tool is really not needed. ...   Oct 9 2013, 07:17 AM
pcar916   Now Pinion Backlash, I hate doing that, shims, pu...   Oct 9 2013, 08:24 AM
Dr Evil   Agreed, I hate setting preload. <_<   Oct 9 2013, 08:23 AM
Dr Evil   Going to more teeth on the pinion of a 901 will ac...   Oct 9 2013, 12:10 PM
Jon B   Going to more teeth on the pinion of a 901 will ac...   Oct 9 2013, 02:08 PM
Dr Evil   I disagree. When it comes to the 901 pinion, more ...   Oct 9 2013, 02:19 PM
Jon B   More teeth increase the gear's load bearing su...   Oct 9 2013, 03:01 PM
Dr Evil   We can disagree. In any case it's really no...   Oct 9 2013, 03:08 PM
Dr Evil   Late, but none the less relevant.   Oct 9 2013, 04:30 PM
Jon B   It only began in April, so not quite a resurrectio...   Oct 9 2013, 05:13 PM
Dr Evil   Yup, relevant, addressed two misplaced decimals, I...   Oct 9 2013, 05:31 PM
Jon B   John, I have more than one bar, but keep the smal...   Oct 9 2013, 10:00 PM
Jon B   914 Transmission Measuring differential bearing pr...   Oct 11 2013, 03:46 PM
396   Thanks for the indepth education. Now we know who ...   Oct 11 2013, 03:54 PM
Jon B   914 Transmission Setting Ring & Pinion Factor...   Oct 11 2013, 04:03 PM


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