more 727 rebuild advice

I just did one with the help from Tracy (Fishy68). I ended up with about .038 end play. New thrust washers included. I didnt check end play before tear down. But after I got mine together at first I had about .090 end play. I installed the thickest fiber washers and got it down to where its at now. He is right its odd that you had more after new parts then you did to start. It almost suggest you may have missed something OR things arent seated correct. That washer he is talking about between the input/output shaft is about the distance your off. Double check you installed it and the hashes lines go up.