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Post by regulator187 on May 21, 2012 6:46:58 GMT -5
okay guys have a question for you have engine armour and transmission protector was is in the backyard yesterday got on it a little bit and the bell housing snapped in half and shattered and 50 pieces my question is did I do something wrong and installing this to make this happen any advice would be helpful need this fixed was going to run next weekend I was in the backyard on grass did not hit anything  |
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Post by yousoldout on May 21, 2012 7:59:29 GMT -5
on a gm tranny i assume?
today's derby drivetrains eat up alum bellhousings
all the 'armor' sorta does (if done right anyway) acts as a brace, or a housing on top of the cast.
if you can tig or good at aluminum welding may be the only way short of a new case at fixing it
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Post by dave386 on May 21, 2012 8:28:27 GMT -5
Did you install longer transmission dowell pins?
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Post by regulator187 on May 21, 2012 8:43:10 GMT -5
No I did not
Just bolted everything together and shimmed It all up
Also mounted tranny solid to cross member
Was told that could have been cause to as well as a 3500 stall converter
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Post by yousoldout on May 21, 2012 10:20:31 GMT -5
fancy neoprene mounts...$50
as close to solid as you can get without being solid
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Post by dave386 on May 21, 2012 10:24:49 GMT -5
You have to have longer dowell pins. It breaks stuff in daily drivers. If your engine armour didnt come with them you can make them out of the shank of a 5/8 bolt.
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Post by regulator187 on May 21, 2012 10:41:14 GMT -5
Weld them in?
Press them in
So u think that was the problem
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Post by yousoldout on May 21, 2012 10:45:28 GMT -5
the dowel pins line the transmission up...
yeah if you're running a brace that bolts like say a BOP adapter plate (between engine and tranny) yeah, need some longer ones more than likely. the bolts do and they dont really line the tranny up if that makes sense.
but really....outside of say beefing up the case it'll prolly' happen again.
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Post by dirtworker on May 21, 2012 16:51:39 GMT -5
If the motors solid and the trans isn't it can break the bell housing easy.
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Post by regulator187 on May 21, 2012 20:05:40 GMT -5
The motor is not solid,but the tranny was
I'm starting to think it was a combination of the pins being to short
And the tranny being bolted solid to cross member and the 3500 stall convert
Does that all sound about right
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Post by pourdown437 on May 22, 2012 21:20:34 GMT -5
If you have actual "ENGINE ARMOR" we send longer dowell pins with every setup we sell....
Now as far as breaking bell housings it could be from an unbalanced shaft, a solid mounted tranny, loose convertor bolts, cracked flywheel, really shi$$y luck etc
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Post by plow75w on Oct 6, 2012 1:52:59 GMT -5
i kept breaking trannies, then i bought an ultra bell and trans protector from brian nerat, best investment i ever made.
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