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Final Drive and Axles PDF
Final Drive and Axles PDF
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– Straight Bevel.
– Spiral Bevel.
2. Hypoid Gear
1. Straight Bevel.
2. Spiral Bevel.
Backlash In Gears
• Backlash is most commonly created by cutting
the teeth deeper into the gears than the ideal
depth.
• Another way of introducing backlash is by
increasing the center distances between the
gears.
• Standard practice is to make allowance for half
the backlash in the tooth thickness of each gear.
Straight Bevel
• The tapered teeth, generated from the centre, are machined on the case-
hardened steel gears and then ground together to form a ‘mated pair’.
• The position of the crown wheel relative to the pinion determines the
direction of rotation of the axle shaft.
• For correct meshing and for setting the clearance between the teeth
(backlash), adjusters in the form of distance pieces, shims or screwed rings
are used.
• When backlash is too small, expansion results due to heat and wear is
caused by lack of lubrication.
• The pinion axis of this gear is offset to the centre line of the crown wheel.
• Although the gear can be placed above or below the centre, but in cars it is
always placed below to allow for a lower propeller shaft so that a reduction
in the tunnel height is possible.
• If the axis is lowered, the tooth pitch of the pinion increases, so that for a
given ratio, the pinion diameter can be larger (30 percent for normal offset).