Rear hub/ bearing side play? Help ease my mind.

I just bought my 06 with about 11K and the chain is junk. The PO didn't seem to think maintenance was all that important. So ordered the parts and a chain tool. I just spent two hours cleaning and I'm still not done. And I'm a slob. Anyway while I was cleaning I had the pinch bolt in the back loose and I was turning the eccentric adjuster to clean it and I noticed the whole hub moved sideways. I can grab it and it will shift left-right about 1/32". I turned the pinch bolt with my fingers until it was just snug. Now it holds the hub and I could not move it. It turns freely, there is no grinding noise. I did hear an odd sound that I'm pretty sure was the bad chain when I rode it home last.

Is this side play normal? If so, should the hub be pushed to one side or the other when tightening the pinch bolt? Or do I need to be pulling the hub apart and inspecting things? My guess is it's a normal situation considering there are no other signs of bad bearings and it stays in place even with just finger tension on the bolt.

I searched this and found nothing, BTW.

Many thanks! I've already found tons of helpful info on this board.

 

Yes that's normal. Just push it to the right before tightening the pinch bolt.