[wilf leek]

Short answer - yes it should. Phosphor bronze bush or sometimes a caged needle bearing. Measure the OD of your gearbox input shaft at it's extreme end, and ditto the hole in the crank ID, should be different. (Crank hole bigger).

Could be your crank came from an application using an auto 'box, and in that situation it would not need/have the input shaft guide bearing.

I think (but I am not sure) that the crank should still be drilled for the bearing, all you have to do is fit one, hope someone else can confirm this???

HTH