A vehicle differential includes a housing having bearing seats and a
carrier provided with stub shafts which project into the bearing seats.
The carrier is supported in the housing on two single row tapered roller
bearings which allow the carrier to rotate, but confine it radially and
axially. The housing also contains a beveled pinion which meshes with a
beveled ring gear that is attached to the carrier. The two bearings are
mounted in opposition and each includes a cup that is located in the
bearing seat for that bearing, a cone that fits around the stub axle that
projects into that bearing seat, and tapered rollers located between the
cup and cone. Each bearing seat contains an internal thread and the
bearing cup which fits into the seat has an external thread that engages
the internal thread. Each cup also carries a locking ring which is
engaged by an adjustment tool to turn the cup, but is later deformed into
the housing to secure the cup against rotation. By rotating the cups in
their bearing seats, one can adjust the setting of the bearings and the
mesh setting of the pinion and ring gear.