Allowable front bearing "slop"

[Shark413]

ok, I was refering to side play. As mentioned you can have some end play and be ok.

[jhautz]

If you can feel the bearing move side to side its probably bad or going bad. Had one Neu motor that had a front bearing fail. and I could just feel it move, I sent i tin and they repaced it for me. After that the motor ran quite a bit cooler also.

In and out doesnt mean anything is bad.