Trans housing breaking

[motorsports12]

i have been having the same problem - after breaking the 5th one i heard about a part (someone else mentioned it as well) it is an aluminum cast bell housing - the part is made by jw performance - not sure what tranny you are running but they make it for a turbo 350 and 400 or the powerglide which is what i run - you have to cut the bell housing off and the part is a stronger bell housing that then bolts to the pump (you have to get the bolt kit too) - so far i have run one race with no problems and running again this weekend - its supposed to be 600 times stronger than the standard case - both summit and jegs sell the part - for the powerglide the part number is 92450 and will run you about $285 with the bolt kit

[ortman18]

had the same thing years ago

i had to go to a longer dowl pin years ago and it stopped them

[dirty white boy]

i have been having the same problem - after breaking the 5th one i heard about a part (someone else mentioned it as well) it is an aluminum cast bell housing - the part is made by jw performance - not sure what tranny you are running but they make it for a turbo 350 and 400 or the powerglide which is what i run - you have to cut the bell housing off and the part is a stronger bell housing that then bolts to the pump (you have to get the bolt kit too) - so far i have run one race with no problems and running again this weekend - its supposed to be 600 times stronger than the standard case - both summit and jegs sell the part - for the powerglide the part number is 92450 and will run you about $285 with the bolt kit

sure is better!! the drag strip boys turning big power been useing them for years!! its sfi rated too!!

[superstock_53]

broke another one.. i x'ed the frame. put in rear motor mounts and built one of them trans struts and still cracked the bellhousing.. so now what...

[26-62 racing]

You are very frustrated, i would be also, you could be missing something that you just don't know of. We all have to learn , sometimes the hard way, just like this problem. How about asking another good running local racer, who runs a power glide, to stop by and check out your car looking for something you have missed, or just don't know, yet. Buy him dinner and a beer. If you were closer I would stop by, just to try and figure it out, and help. Another thought send me a pm I would talk to you on the cell if you want to. Might be able to help in some way.

Mike

[Dirt Knife]

Urethane

Put in urithane motor mounts and your problem will go away.

[merc123]

I have solid motor mounts and no trans mounts. Seen too many problems with trans mounts.

[dirtman45]

I saw this happen to a guy at my track. His problem was the driveshaft was too short. During the normal suspension travel it would pull out too far and get into a bind that didn't allow it to go back in.

Put it up on jackstands and see how much it pulls out.

[superstock_53]

found out the problem... the drive shaft was bottoming out at one point the u-joints flattened and put he shaft in a bind ... problem solved.. thanks everyone for there opinion it was a real mind twister

[dirty white boy]

well i broke another housing this time its on a powerglide cracked right buy the reverse band... with the rear end jacked up with out springs in i still have about 2ins of space between the driveshaft and housing.. i had soild motor mounts with a stock rubber mount for the trans... im going to have the driveshaft balance this week. and weld a x brace...

i was afraid you were checking this wrong when you posted this...glade you finally got it sorted out!!