cracked/broken bellhousing
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cracked/broken bellhousing
ok i was putting on my tranny this evening and upon bolting in onto the engine i heard a snap and the ear that also has the bolt hole for the starter broke off. can this be fixed?
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You have a misalignment problem. NEVER pull an engine and tranny together with the bolts.
Remove the tranny and take it to a machine shop to be welded and machined.
Don't bother to tell them what you were doing to make it snap. They will already know and will be hard pressed to not laugh.
Remove the tranny and take it to a machine shop to be welded and machined.
Don't bother to tell them what you were doing to make it snap. They will already know and will be hard pressed to not laugh.
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thats what erks me i wasnt sucking it in with the bolts the tranny was out of the car i had the tranny pushed up against it and the bolts were not bound up or anything.
my auto shop teacher said he would try to tig weld it is this enough?
my auto shop teacher said he would try to tig weld it is this enough?
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That ear wouldn't break off without some leverage. There had to be a misalignment, piece of grit, or a metal burr in the joint. The "snap" you heard was stored energy from the stress placed on the joint being released.
The Tig weld should be fine.
The Tig weld should be fine.
