'ball bearing channels'?

I thought it was well understood that the junction spot ..where a stud
keeps the two shafts locked together ..with a splind sleeve over it,
allowssfor up/down, left/right wiggling.

On 11/8/2012 5:28 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>> --
>> Neil n
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