+1Mine moves about an inch side to side when in gear. Rusty old french s**te.
I replaced the dogbone mount on mine and it still has excessive movement. When under the car you can twang the gear linkage around like a guitar string. Horrible.
man thats absolutely normal, the problem is in the OEM the ball housing
Which you should replace with this one....
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?481872-short-shifter-conversion-kit
hope this helps