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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:16 PM
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Is play okay?
Okay, so I'm doing a gsl rear end swap, and on the new (180,000 mile) rear end, there's just a tiny bit of play when you turn the shaft before it spins the wheels. Like less than a quarter inch. is this okay?
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:29 PM
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Seems as long as it doesn't have any sideways play it should be ok. I have about as much play on my LSD, granted there's over 190K miles on it...but it appears to work fine.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 08:12 AM
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yes that small amount of play is called backlash and is completely normal.
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