Gearbox input shaft play

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OzSpider
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Your car is a: 1975 Spider
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Gearbox input shaft play

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Hi All,

I have the 5 speed box out of my car at present as I'm preparing for the resto. the input shaft (spline to the clutch plate) has about 2mm of play in the radial direction. So I can move the end of the shaft a few mm each way. This isn't what I was expecting, but I've never worked on an old italian before...

Is this normal or an indicator that a gearbox rebuild is in order? Can you get rebuild kits for a 75 CSI?

thanks
Derek
Cheers
OzSpider

1975 CS1 Spider
1964 Ducati Falcon (the beast)
One Wheel XR
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