[alfa] Transmission looseness

[Jon Pike <jhpike@xxxxxxx>]

Got a few questions for those who rebuild transmissisons..

I'm trying to get an idea of how or if you can judge the condition of 
the transmission, turning things by hand.

I have mine off for transfer to the new motor,  and having read a few 
posts on loose input shaft bearings in the past,  checked this area out.

I have a little bit of side to side play, perhaps 1/16" at the end of 
the shaft, just enough to be noticeable.  The trans did make some 
moderate bearing noise when I was driving it,  generally thought to not 
be enough to take it apart for.  The pilot bushing area on the shaft 
dosen't look excessively worn.

Turning it by hand,  I don't notice any roughness in the input shaft.  
Turning it in gear,  I notice varying amounts of slack,  depending on 
the gears.  How much might be considered excessive? How do you fix 
this,  shim things differently, or new gears?

Guess I'm trying to resist opening  the thing up,  my plan was to 
replace the front and rear seals and leave it alone for a while,  and 
give up on dreams of swapping high gear syncro's into the 2nd or 1st 
position.  (2nd of course is a little crunchy) I have no press or 
special tools for this..  and being recently unemployed I'm trying to 
save the $$ so no handing it to someone for a full rebuild.

Jon
77 Spider
Irvine, CA
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