Hhe says 'end play.'

right now my thinking is it could be related tothe splined junction ..
like the2 shafts are not screwed well together..
   .......or perhaps main shaft bearing loose in the case.

if it's 1/4 inch I'd say that's not right.
Pull the bell housing and take the splined junction apart..
then see what end play is on the main shaft.
I don't thinkthere should be anything like up to 1/4 inch.

scott
turboavans

On 11/6/2012 10:40 PM, neil n wrote:
> If you're talking about side to side play, that's normal.
>
> The input shaft is held onto another shaft (can't recall part name)
> with a small stud. There is a gear/sleeve that slides over both, but
> my guess is that even with that gear, there's still enough play to
> allow side to side movement.
>
> Some images of what I mean (this is an air cooled, but same idea):
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/InputShaftRRDKAirCooledTransmission#
>
> Neil.
>
> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Tabe Johnson
> <greentabe-vanagon@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I was looking at a (used) manual transmission today and it had maybe 1/8" to 1/4" of play at the end of the input shaft.  How much is normal/acceptable?
>>
>> tabe johnson/90MV
>
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