I've been doing some upgrade work to my Case 310g Dozer and have come upon a question regarding the transmission.
(Background information for anyone that might need to know details: My Case 310g has a straight shift manual transmission 3 forward/1 reverse - 1st and Reverse are in a straight line, so it's like the poor man's version of a shuttle).
Anyway, I had to remove the floorplate to adjust the clutch pedal freeplay and began fiddling with the driveshaft that goes from the output of the engine to the input of the transmission. I noticed that the roll pin in the input shaft was broken, so I got to tinkering around to replaced it.
Long story short, I took off the driveshaft and noticed that I had some movement in the input shaft to the transmission. The shaft will move in and out about 1/8" - it doesn't have free movement around it's circumference (up and down/side to side). I took off the cover plate and seal and I see that it has about 6 thin metal shims on it.
My question is this: Is the movement of the shaft in and out of the transmission (by about 1/8") a concern or is this normal? If it is not normal, what can I do to fix it?
(Background information for anyone that might need to know details: My Case 310g has a straight shift manual transmission 3 forward/1 reverse - 1st and Reverse are in a straight line, so it's like the poor man's version of a shuttle).
Anyway, I had to remove the floorplate to adjust the clutch pedal freeplay and began fiddling with the driveshaft that goes from the output of the engine to the input of the transmission. I noticed that the roll pin in the input shaft was broken, so I got to tinkering around to replaced it.
Long story short, I took off the driveshaft and noticed that I had some movement in the input shaft to the transmission. The shaft will move in and out about 1/8" - it doesn't have free movement around it's circumference (up and down/side to side). I took off the cover plate and seal and I see that it has about 6 thin metal shims on it.
My question is this: Is the movement of the shaft in and out of the transmission (by about 1/8") a concern or is this normal? If it is not normal, what can I do to fix it?