Was playing with my shaft last night... is this normal?

[Busted07]

So i was cleaning and taking apart the front hub looking thing on my t-5 tranny that goes over the front shaft. i have the tailshaft off and am about to put it together, but what i noticed was that the front shaft has a little play in it. will it have that because the tailshaft and top cover are off? I checked the front seal and bearing in there and it all looked happy, i just wanted to make sure it tightens up a little bit when i put the top cover and tailshaft back on. the picture below kinda shows what shaft im talking about..

 

[Roland69]

I play with my shaft every night Yes it's normal.

 

[88gt]

Ummm.....yeah, that's "normal"...

 

[Mustang5L5]

It's normal because one of the shaft's supports, the pilot bearing, is not present.


In and out movement is what you want to avoid

 

[Roland69]

I always thought you wanted in and out movement with your shaft.


Oh now I get it the shaft your thinking of is different than the one I was thinking of. I was thinking tailshaft what were you thinking.

 

[tmoss]

Yeah, I started playing with my shaft at about 10-11 and never could stop..........

 

[DMAN302]

Right now as a matter of fact, boss hates it but you have to pass the time so how

 

[Busted07]

PERVERTS!!! ALL OF YOU!!!!!!! my kinda people..... thanks for the info by the way

 

[Daggar]

In and out movement is what you want to avoid

Damn... I've been doing it wrong for years and years! I mean... I've tried (experimentally) rotating the shaft but that just never felt right. It's not like there's ever been a set of formal instructions for this sort of thing.

 

[Strype]

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[skip nay]

Yeah, I started playing with my shaft at about 10-11 and never could stop..........

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[Marlboro_Man]

This goes along with the subject...


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(In my best "Beavis and Butthead" voice) Ahahahahahahhaha

 

[tmoss]

I'm kind of partial to the chick in Mustang5L5's avatar myself ....huba huba........(starts playing with drive shaft).....

 

[Euphoric306]

to be serious.... the tailshaft has shims that hold the output shaft support bearing in all the way, so with the tailshaft off, this will loosen up and your shafts will have play in them. if you're still getting in and out play after you put your topcover and tailhousing on, try shimming it right, and then you may have a problem

 

[Busted07]

to be serious.... the tailshaft has shims that hold the output shaft support bearing in all the way, so with the tailshaft off, this will loosen up and your shafts will have play in them. if you're still getting in and out play after you put your topcover and tailhousing on, try shimming it right, and then you may have a problem

cool, thanks i apprecite the info.. i looked at all the shims/bearings etc, and everything looks great. i guess ill just check it again once its all together

 

[Mustang5L5]

I'm kind of partial to the chick in Mustang5L5's avatar myself ....huba huba........(starts playing with drive shaft).....

Was considering using another picture of her as a new avatar.

Here she is

WHat do you think? Keep original or go with new one?

 

[tmoss]

The original - it shows here charms better.

Who the heck is she? She's gorgeous!

 

[tunedin302]

Here she is

Ummm ... can you please enlarge that? Please!!

 

[Mustang5L5]

SOme model named Denise from www.sportsbybrooks.com

Was checking the site out one day, found her and was hooked

http://sportsbybrooks.com/Denise1.html

 

[tmoss]

Baby's got back too....................stunning