Quick question about torque converters (Updated)

[BBQJOE]

I was doing a pretrip inspection and noticed something that maybe I hadn't before.
I have a little over a quarter inch in and out play in my driven shaft. Is this normal?

The bearing spins freely, and there is no side to side movement.

 

[JKautoFab]

not really, qtr inch of play is a lot. if your driven shaft moves is your drive sprocket moving too?

 

[BBQJOE]

not really, qtr inch of play is a lot. if your driven shaft moves is your drive sprocket moving too?

Not that I saw. I went back after I posted and was able to suck the play out of it. But this movement would still be in the shaft if the driven pulley were pulled off.

 

[BBQJOE]

GKUSA wanted some pics when I asked them about it. I made a 50 second video instead. Figgered I might as well post it here.

[video=youtube_share;EzAYj534L_E]https://youtu.be/EzAYj534L_E[/video]

 

[JKautoFab]

oh. thats not shaft play. thats just the shaft sliding in and out of the bearing. if you look at the backside you should see the shaft has a snap ring, when you tighten everything up the snap ring will be against the bearing and there wont be any movement

 

[gumpit]

Yup. What he said.

 

[BBQJOE]

oh. thats not shaft play. thats just the shaft sliding in and out of the bearing. if you look at the backside you should see the shaft has a snap ring, when you tighten everything up the snap ring will be against the bearing and there wont be any movement

Ok. I are a dunce.

 

[JKautoFab]

better safe than sorry. these things are a lot less fun when they come apart under you