Side to side movement in throttle control rack - 2.4 MFI

[Greyn57]

I seem to have a lot of side to side movement in the main throttle control rack (bit that attaches to both stacks) on my 2.4 MFI motor. It probably moves a total of 1.5 inches side to side. The switch for the control soleniod has been removed by P.O.

Is this amount of side play normal?

[Early_S_Man]

IMHO, NO! Pics would be very helpful ... max. displacement to both extents.

[svandamme]

that's strange

the bar is supposed to be held in place , by the intake stacks... and that's not a variable distance... once the stacks are in place, the bar is supposed to be stuck in between

all i could think of , is that the bearing insert , in the throttle stacks has gone missing... other than that , i don't see how this could be possible