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So you guys are saying my transmission is going to self destruct? I'd like to hear something more than speculation on this. If you haven't worked through this problem please don't muddy the waters.

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Is yours working?

I put mine together, used the sleeve retainer. Any lateral play was unmeasurable with the tools that I have and not apparent to the naked eye. The sleeve retainer held well.

I could tap the input bearing off the old input shaft pretty easily with a small ball peen hammer against the retaining clip, so I felt more better about it. This thing gets abused so I guess we'll find out. I'd think the worst that can happen is it wont hold, the input will spin in the bearing, generate heat, and weld itself to the bearing, in which case it will work as designed anyway?

Are they pressed for any other reason than to keep them centered? Reduce heat that can be caused by the input spinning in the bearing?