Normal radial play, there should be no axial play.  That's the clearance in
the ball bearing channels, and why you need a pilot bearing to support the
other end of the shaft.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Tabe Johnson
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:13 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Transmission input shaft play?

Yes, I meant radial play, not axial.  

tabe

--- On Tue, 11/6/12, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: neil n <musomuso@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Transmission input shaft play?
> To: greentabe-vanagon@yahoo.com
> Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Received: Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 10:40 PM 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/InputShaftRRDKAirCooledTransmiss
> ion#
> 
> 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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