The shaft does normally wobble in the case. It's a single row ball bearing. Remember that the far end of the input shaft lives in the pilot bushing; that's what keeps the shaft rigid longitudinally. It's also why transmission alignment is so important. On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 23:22, <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ok, one more round. i got the transmission out. im pretty sure i have the > problem found. my input bearing race is very sloppy in the case. so sloopy, > it wabbles the input shaft around, and will spin in the case. bearing is > not > rough, or tight or anything. feels good, just very loose in the case. for > some strange reason. spinning it by hand, i can tip the shaft around, and > feel it start vibrating on the cluster gears. so, now i guess, can i run my > used input shaft/gear from the original trans in this one? i know rear end > gears are bad juju to mix together. what about trans input shaft gears? or > am > i better off just swapping the bearing? ideal would be to get a new > bearing, > but right now, things are tight and i cant afford to just run to town and > order one and all. dave stohler > > www.picasaweb.google.com/das24rules > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > -- All of your arguments are invalid. Enjoy your unstable system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20090624/d57a9158/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com