Initial inspection of A500

CudaFactHackJob said
But it's nothing to drop out the front guts like I suggested earlier. How about at least checking the end play? Nothing to it. We know the weak spot on those is the direct clutch and that's the first drum to come out. It's so easy I don't understand all the discussion on checking it.

CFHJ...I got back to the Tranny this week. I checked the endplay on the input shaft of the assembled A500 tranny. I measured the end play three times and received these three measurements with my very basic Harbor “break” dial indicator .0315” and .0279” and .030”. From the Specs I have found on the internet for the RH42 and in the ATSG manual for RE42 says 0.021 to 0.091 in. My tranny measures to the the low side of spec. Do you agree with the spec and the measurement method?