Forward/backward 'slop'

[epapp]

The shifting slop for me is mostly chocked up to my chinese short shifter I think.

But, if it is wet out (we might never have to worry about those circumstances again here) and you begin spinning the wheels in first gear (moderate load on the engine) and you switch gears, you can feel almost a 'spring' motion of the engine back to its resting place. I always thought it was the fault of my old front engine mount. I am out of guesses, unless the two gel tranny mounts have these characteristics when bad..

[Dualist]

I've got slop on one side and it's my drive shaft, wierdly it does it even with the handbrake on which is a worry.

[jacabean]

I'm not sure if this is the same but when one of my rear wheel bearings was toast the car felt loose and would slow down quickly when I let off the throttle .