You're correct, the questions I have are about input shaft primarily. On mine there is a bearing that goes into rear of engine block upper case, it has a black plastic shield and rear input shaft slides into it. On the other side of the case, is the transitional shaft and bearings. Both of these bearing cavity have a oil hole that appears to be fed by the oil tank, by way of drilled passage in uppercase and a channel in lower case. I've looked in my shop manual and parts breakdown and this bearing is not shown. I'd love to send a picture but don't know how. Sorry, not much help. I've got a few things I have to do this morning, then I will go back to garage. I'll call the dealer, and maybe they can tell where to find picture of this bearing. Thanks for your help.