fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu not good not good not good.

[Yaj Yak]

so im sort of tearing down the pricks just a lil bit to get some stuff coated- and i was doing it to get a beefier chain put in my trans.

then i saw this today.

i stopped working.

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[Kbrown]

 

[Yaj Yak]

i never had my trans out personally. but it was out at about 117k. dunno how this happens tho. not happy.

 

[Kbrown]

damn, thats bull shit man... if i found that when i was trying to improve things, i would never try to improve a thing again.

 

[DanJ]

Can't really tell what I'm looking at... Is it cracked?

 

[Yaj Yak]

yeah trans case is cracked.

 

[Yaj Yak]

is there anything in particular that could have caused this? some mount somewhere... too much pahhh?

 

[bikrboy128]

too much pah!
JB weld that shit back together.

 

[Yaj Yak]

what material is the trans case?

 

[Kbrown]

mmmm not 100% but im thinking cast iron...

 

[smug]

wtf how in the world does that happen?

 

[Yaj Yak]

i have no idea... i dont want to point fingers or anything... but devin said something along the lines of "i wonder if the bolts are tight?"

cuz in his head... thats kind of the only way it could happen.

 

[smug]

loose bolts or something is up with the bracket on the other side of the trans that goes from the diff to the engine block.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

mmmm not 100% but im thinking cast iron...

Aluminum.

 

[Mike K]

Cast aluminum... And what exactly are we looking at? This appears to be the bell housing?

 

[Yaj Yak]

yeah cross over is the wrapped thing you see in the bottom corner of the picture.

 

[Kbrown]

s.o.b., i ment aluminum, fucking iron... lol, that would be some heavy shit.

 

[Euro]

Holy shit balls!

 

[Handsome Jesus]

SWEET! Race car power right there.

Got some good cases in the backyard I think if you really want to get into it that far... :-S

 

[Mike K]

I would suspect a loose bolt too... Maybe a bolt that was tight but not torqued properly. If it were my car, I'd slather some JB weld on there and drive it until it popped but I'm silly like that.

 

[smug]

You could also have that welded.

 

[HILROD]

Yep if everything else is fine, a weld or two would do it. I've welded a trans case before.

 

[Mike K]

It's reallllly tough to weld those cases. They are a porous cast aluminum and tend to just to melt and open when you attempt to weld them (kind of like heating a piece of styrofoam). The SHO's use to break the shifter stabilizer boss and they were a pain in the taint to reliably fix because of that.

I'm not a welder so I don't know. I just know that my welder absolutely hated them.

 

[KagA152]

racecar. what are you running for mounts? i would guess it was going on the dowel pins kinda crooked and somebody tightened it down anyways

K J: hello summit? yeah, can i get an ultra bell for a 4T65E?

Summit: LOL WUT

 

[02BlueGT]

The big question should be, how bad is it, pop the crossover off and see how far it goes. If it is just the bell housing jb weld or have someone actually tig weld it, a mig would just melt that shitty cast aluminum. If it goes further through the case, time to swap... If your trans is already built, you can swap it all to a new case, and take the opportunity to inspect/replace your clutches, and any worn hard parts