Breaking bell housings - Page 2

Alan Roehrich · 03-28-2014, 01:34 PM

I would never use a steel or solid mount on a transmission. I've put in dozens of race car transmissions.

I use an ordinary stock replacement mount, with two radiator hose clamps around it as a safety device. Or a urethane mount. In 30 years of working race cars, including a lot of years as the person in charge of race car work in a well respected transmission shop, I have never seen a properly installed rubber or urethane transmission mount cause a broken case. But I have stopped several cars from breaking cases by replacing a steel mount with a correctly installed rubber or urethane mount.

If I'm not using motor plates, I use urethane mounts, or one steel mount on the driver's side and a urethane mount on the passenger side.

You do have flex, a vibration, or a misalignment. You may not have it identified, but it is there.

Adding a bolt on bellhousing merely moves the weak point to the case behind the pump, and when it breaks there, it will dump fluid under your tires.

03-28-2014, 01:34 PM	#4
Alan Roehrich Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Murfreesboro TN Posts: 5,105 Likes: 1,564 Liked 1,789 Times in 408 Posts	Re: Breaking bell housings I would never use a steel or solid mount on a transmission. I've put in dozens of race car transmissions. I use an ordinary stock replacement mount, with two radiator hose clamps around it as a safety device. Or a urethane mount. In 30 years of working race cars, including a lot of years as the person in charge of race car work in a well respected transmission shop, I have never seen a properly installed rubber or urethane transmission mount cause a broken case. But I have stopped several cars from breaking cases by replacing a steel mount with a correctly installed rubber or urethane mount. If I'm not using motor plates, I use urethane mounts, or one steel mount on the driver's side and a urethane mount on the passenger side. You do have flex, a vibration, or a misalignment. You may not have it identified, but it is there. Adding a bolt on bellhousing merely moves the weak point to the case behind the pump, and when it breaks there, it will dump fluid under your tires.