10 Oct 06, 08:09 am
Last week I replaced the bellhousing for my transmition. It had not been right since installation - over time, 3 stripped bolt holes led to 1 bolt holding my trans to my bellhousing.
Upone removal, I learned that the bell housing was wrong for the transmition. Older style trans has the 2 lower bolts that are supposed to come from inside the bellhousing and thread into the tranny. top two go through trans and thread into bellhousing. My bellhousing had all 4 holes threaded - and the lower bolt hole sizes were different for trans and bellhousing.
So I got a different bellhousing that didn't have stripped threads, drilled threads out of trans housing so all bolts would go through trans and thread into bellhousing. Seemed like a greta idea, but the housing on the trans is so tight around those holes that one can't get a wrench or socket on the bolts to tighten them. So with 2 bolts installed and tight - which was 100% improvement over only one bolt being in there - I loaded it up on the trailer and headed to Denali Fastener - where I picked up some bolts with the inset hex head so that I can get an allen wrench in there and tighten those up.
The result, my drivetrain felt tighter than it has in years. Less vibrations, noises, and more power to the tires quicker (the trans shifter used to pivot bakck and forth a lot - but no more)
It's amazing how things work better when they're fixed correctly!
Upone removal, I learned that the bell housing was wrong for the transmition. Older style trans has the 2 lower bolts that are supposed to come from inside the bellhousing and thread into the tranny. top two go through trans and thread into bellhousing. My bellhousing had all 4 holes threaded - and the lower bolt hole sizes were different for trans and bellhousing.
So I got a different bellhousing that didn't have stripped threads, drilled threads out of trans housing so all bolts would go through trans and thread into bellhousing. Seemed like a greta idea, but the housing on the trans is so tight around those holes that one can't get a wrench or socket on the bolts to tighten them. So with 2 bolts installed and tight - which was 100% improvement over only one bolt being in there - I loaded it up on the trailer and headed to Denali Fastener - where I picked up some bolts with the inset hex head so that I can get an allen wrench in there and tighten those up.
The result, my drivetrain felt tighter than it has in years. Less vibrations, noises, and more power to the tires quicker (the trans shifter used to pivot bakck and forth a lot - but no more)
It's amazing how things work better when they're fixed correctly!