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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