Setting Tooth Backlash - Reely ROAD Subaru 4WD RtR Notice D'emploi

b) Setting Tooth Backlash
Tooth backlash must be checked regularly and adjusted if required.
Ideally, the pinion is as close as possible to the main cogwheel without the teeth touching
If the cogwheels (pinion and main cogwheel) are too far apart, the teeth of both cogwheels will be dam-
aged.
If the pinion presses against the main cogwheel (gear runs without play), performance is decreased,
power consumption is increased and the cogwheels will wear more quickly.
To set the tooth backlash, loosen the fastening screws at the electro motor until you can push the motor into the
direction of the main cogwheel with light pressure (only loosen screws slightly, do not remove them!).
The motor pinion and the main pinion now engage with one another without play.
Put a thin paper strip (paper with no more than 80g) between the motor pinion gear and the main cogwheel. Then
manually turn the main pinion so that the paper strip is pulled in between the two pinions.
Under the paper's pressure, the electro motor is now pushed back by the required distance. Now fasten the fastening
screws of the motor in this position.
If you then turn back the main cogwheel so that the paper strip can be removed again, both cogwheels should have
the correct distance.
Never put any gear grease or oil onto the motor pinion and main cogwheel! Otherwise, dust, sand and dirt
deposits form on both cogwheels. This strongly increases wear or even causes the drive to lock!
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