Fig. 29 Only the correct adjustment of pairs of bevel gears offers a safeguard against undue wear an¢ tooth failure due to high tooth loadings. To achieve the corréct and optimum contact pattera 2 actual values for fitting dimensions E and backlash, stamped on the front and back face Fésp. must be kept to according to fig. 31. The dimension "x" has. to be found in order to fit the pinion. Measure gear shaft dia. and obtain radius "r", fig. 31, subtract "r" from "E" (E is stamped fon pinion end, fig. 29) to obtain dimension "x", fig. 31. Set a vernier caliper to dimension "x" and set pinion using the vernier between gear shaft and pinion face. SS _f—-| Fig. 31 In order to obtain the correct bevel gear meshing pattern, coat both flanks of a bevel pinior tooth with engineer's blue and rotate the bevel pinion in both directions for a few revolutiors until a definite pattern shows as a clean, shiny surface, fig. 32. Fig. 32Fit ground spacer, replace bevel pinion assembly and tighten with lower half cartridge flange bolts. The bevel gear set must now show a satisfactory contact pattern after fitting, running loaded or unloaded. If necessary, the bevel gear set has to be adjusted again after a loaded trial run, fig. 35. Fig. 35 * eh Correction of tooth contaer‘pattern Vertical adjustment of the contact pattern Horizontal adjustment of the contact pattern ral copbabt Fig. 36 Directions above refer to a driving bevel pinion where: V = forward flank, R = back flank Speed reducers with bearing cartridge assembly on bevel gear shaft i Assemble in the appropriate order, the spacer (315), key (306) and beve| gear onto the shaft (300). || Place*bearing set (350) into bearing cartridge (320). {| Determine shim thickness by measuring deptp from flange face of cartridge to the bearing outer face and subtract Jength of bearing cover centering shoulder. Add fractional mm shim to this | measured value to ensure the bearing outer rings will be held firmly together. ii it Place shims into bearing cartridge and tighten beating cover to bearing cartridge with two screws. Heat this sub-assembly and mount on shaft (300) after spacers (315) and (316) have been installed first. Now take off bearing end cover (360), assemble ring (313), tab washer (310) and screw down slotted nut (309), secure with tab. Place O-ring (324) onto end cover (360) and screw endgcover to bearing cartridge flange with two screws. Place bevel gear assembly into housing and mesh with prio, ‘Adjustment of the bevel gear stage as deScribed previously. After adjustment determine thickness of split ring (328) ABR scler gauges. If necessary gtind ring (328) to size. Remove the two holding screws, place O-ring (323) da spacer (328) and assemble end cover (360) with screws (369). x | | 4sIf the meshing pattern is not correct, fine adjustment of the relative positions of pinion shaft and bevel gear shaft should be made in accordance with fig. 36, while @iaintaining the correct, circumferential backlash.» * : The circumferential backlash can be measured by placing a magnetic base dial indicator and position the indicator stem at the extreme heel of the bevel gear, perpendicular to the tooth surface, fig. 33. Hold pinion fixed and rotate the bevel gear back and forth. Thé gauge shows the possible gear movement and this is the circumferential backlash. For mating bevel gear sets without values for backlash and E stamped on their resp. faces the following table lists circumferential back- lash when mounted, depending on module: Fig. 33 Fig. 34 Guide values: for‘circumferential backlash Module’ [Backlash in. mm 2.5 0.06 to G.12 4 12 to 0.18 | é O18 to 0.25 3 0.25 to 0.32 “ 12 0.32 to 0.40 20 0.40 to 0.50] How to estimate the module on a bevel gear set? dn », 908 + doi i dm AMS“ No of teeth a mvms x cos 8 (# 31° = 0.86) Backlash for modules not listed has to be detétmined by interpolation. The spacer (128) is fabricated and ground to accurately maintain the correct pinion setting. Measure the gap between pinion bearing cartridge flange (120) and gear housing. (Do not Presume that old spacer is suitable (128) without these measurement checks above, fig. 34.) 14 €