camaro1185

I have the tailshaft off my 89 WC T5 to change the speedo gears. If I grab the shaft and move it side to side there is quite a bit of play. Is this normal? Id have to guess its about 1/8" all the way around (moving it side to side, up and down)

Confuzed1

iTrader: (4)

As far as the output shaft goes, I'm not sure what the max tolerance is for side-to-side (radial) play. Someone that has a tech manual might be able to tell you.

There's a bushing in the tailshaft housing that's pretty easy to change out since you have it apart anyway. I "think" it's called a yoke suport bushing... I think what really matters is what kind of play do you have with the front driveshaft yoke installed on the splines?

sofakingdom

iTrader: (1)

It is normal.

There's really nothing keeping that from happening, except the extension housing bushing which supports the drive shaft yoke, which in turn supports the mainshaft. Take away those 2 supports, and there's nothing there to keep it from wobbling any more.

camaro1185

Thats exactly what I thought, just double checking.