Patent ID: 8453532

Claim:
A method for setting a tooth face position of a gear wheel, which is non-positively connected to a double-skewed pinion shaft, the method comprising the steps of: a) forming between the gear wheel and the pinion shaft a shaft seat in form of a hydraulic press fit; b) shrink-fitting the gear wheel onto the shaft seat to form a non-positive connection between the gear wheel and the pinion shaft; c) determining a tooth face apex point of the double-skewed pinion shaft; d) defining a radial plane extending through the teeth of the gear wheel, said radial plane having a predetermined axial offset from the tooth face apex point; e) determining an intersecting point of a tooth face of the gear wheel with the radial plane; f) applying pressure to the hydraulic press fit, thereby allowing the gear wheel to rotate relative to the pinion shaft; g) rotating the gear wheel into a position where the intersecting point is located with a predetermined offset in a circumferential direction of the gear wheel from the tooth face apex point; and h) relieving pressure from the hydraulic press fit, thereby affixing the gear wheel on the shaft seat with a rotation lock.