6 speed bellhousing replaceable?
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Hey guys,
While installing my 6 speed after being almost done I found that one of the mounting tabs for the slave cylinder was broken off during shipping. I noted the damaged box, took pictures of it, and the delivery driver also annotated it in his delivery notes, so if the seller insured the package like he should have we can probably get the insurance money... but my question is this, it looks like the 6 speed (unlike the 5 speed) has a separate bell housing. The broken off mounting tab is on the bell housing... how hard is it to change out the bell housing on a 6 speed?
I assume this is my only option for a repair. It is cast aluminum and the mounting tab was mangled as well as being broken off, so even if welding was an option I don't see it working out.
Thanks for any info,
Keith
While installing my 6 speed after being almost done I found that one of the mounting tabs for the slave cylinder was broken off during shipping. I noted the damaged box, took pictures of it, and the delivery driver also annotated it in his delivery notes, so if the seller insured the package like he should have we can probably get the insurance money... but my question is this, it looks like the 6 speed (unlike the 5 speed) has a separate bell housing. The broken off mounting tab is on the bell housing... how hard is it to change out the bell housing on a 6 speed?
I assume this is my only option for a repair. It is cast aluminum and the mounting tab was mangled as well as being broken off, so even if welding was an option I don't see it working out.
Thanks for any info,
Keith
Last edited by Twodoor; 07-02-2014 at 06:31 PM.
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The broken off ear has been crushed to the point that the bolt hole is oval shaped with cracks in the threads on either side. No way this could be weld repaired without a donor transmission to cut the mounting point off of, cut the junk one off of the 6 speed, and weld in the donated mounting tab.
I fear that the best I can hope for is insurance re-imbursement and find a different 6 speed. Sort of wish the seller had insured it for more that I paid... but he is an honest guy so he insured it for what he charged me for it.
<edit> ****!!! I just read chicksdigmaitas thread on rebuilding a 6 speed and from the pics and description it is clear that the bellhousing is actually the front half of the case, I may be able to get a blown 6 speed with a good case, and have a transmission shop swap the gearset from this one into a good case. It would probably be cheaper to just get a different good 6 speed though, unless I could get the case for free.</edit>
I am just glad the guy I bought from is a stand up kind of guy... just wish he hadn't let UPS do the packaging for him
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So, dropped a shift lever bolt and I think it may have gone in the shifter hole... is the passage from the shifter hole to the case large enough for a shift lever bolt to fit through?
Keith
<edit> Nevermind, when I got off work today I was able to get a better angle with the light, and fished it out with my magnet after I could see where it was.</edit>
Keith
<edit> Nevermind, when I got off work today I was able to get a better angle with the light, and fished it out with my magnet after I could see where it was.</edit>
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