#14......is that bearing suppose to move at all? It slides on the shaft up and down about a quarter inch. The bearing next to it doesn't move at all. I tore out my tranny b/c I thought my input shaft bearing was bad b/c it would make a mild knocking sound when the clutch was released in neutral. Also, it would make a sound similar to metal ***** smacking into each other when slowly moving and then pushing in the clucth to coast to a stop or into a parking lot (or any small maneuver). When I cracked it open the input shaft bearing looked fine (going to replace it anyway) but I couldn't visually see anything else wrong. All the gears look good, but one of these bearings has to be bad, and I think that may be the culprit.

Any help/suggestion would be appreciated. I have the 98 service manual so don't ask

 

The outer race of that bearing is not fixed to the bearing. I'll see if I have one in the garage that I can take pics of to explain.

 

Yea, I noticed in the manual that it's different the others and pics would help a lot. It does have some play though and on my D series tranny that bearing has no play at all.



#17 also has a ton of play. I'm pretty sure that one isn't suppose to have any play, right? I wouldn't have a problem replacing that one, it just slides on and off the shaft. It's the countershaft that I don't want to mess around b/c I don't have a bearing puller. Even though I wouldn't mind an excuse to get some new tools