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Date:         Thu, 8 Nov 2012 19:12:36 +0000
Reply-To:     greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM
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From:         Tabe Johnson <greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Transmission input shaft play?
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CAB2Rwfj-wGpLWU46527rGqgf+YXr8d1GirGQKM9-uvRz2=J+bg@mail.gmail.com>
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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/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 > > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly  http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines >


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