I wonder if it bent the input shaft? I would have never believed it to be possible. But I've seen pitman shafts bent. A few years back a friend broke a front u-joint on the x way, 65 mph. Bent the output of a 727 at a 30 degree angle. Did it possibly push one or both of the dowel pins forward through the block? So now the bell housing can move around the bolt holes when it was installed?
BP is good.....could probably try some Bonine? It's worse when I'm on the edge of my allergies etc but years ago the doctor thought that maybe I had an inner ear infection that got it started. Was pretty bad at first.
Lol, was told 5 yrs ago cataracts were coming(?) oh well ur over 60! My tri-to ale were bottom reading and top for computer while standing 2-3’ away. Actually helped to stop the tilting head back when half-*** close to something. I always put those ‘safety’ tri-focals on when in garage working on the red car!
don't know about the dowels but i'll be looking for anything wrong when it comes apart. the stone blew a large hole in the bell housing, superficial damage to the pressure plate. the input shaft has more wobble than I thought they normally have but don't see how any debris could get to it. i'm totally stumped at how smooth it drove and then after removing the bell it went crap. perplexing.
Stupid question; but did you make sure the bell input retainer diameter was correct? Several different diameter front bearing retainers.
Feeling your pain. I got Carpal tunnel both hands, L 3-4 disc fused with a Titanium plate,bad hip,cant see for ****,on and on. Plus i have been told by many I am an A-Hole. Till I die.
patience and money; that's all it takes,....lol.Watching this thread vicariously and learning stuff as usual.
I'm only 57 but people are like cars - there's the model year and then there's the mileage.
Y'all know my deal with health. Suffice I have a ton of miles on the chassis. I feel your pain,
which is why I have to resort to paying a local shop to swap out my own sickly 4 speed when the new Passon unit shows up
(if it ever does - dude doesn't communicate at all, makes me nervous).
After all the times I've been under the car these last 5 years, I simply can't do it anymore and it pisses me off royal.
All this bellhousing dialing in stuff has me thinking, too. Like some of you have said, I never gave it a thought over the years.
Stuff just got bolted up and it worked.
This one, the transmission fought some to make it that last little bit into the bronze bushing in back of the crank, to the point
I had to "help" it a little - of course, this was with the engine on a hoist and out of the car, so it was like wrestling alligators.
Wound up starting a couple of mounting bolts to help guide it in, the applying gentle pressure via snugging opposite bolts until
it just popped in there of its' own accord.
Car shifts and drives very nicely, so I figured it had to be in the ballpark.
If not for that damn noise it has developed...oh well.
There are the guiding alignment dowels in the block into the bell house which does not allow movement in the bellhouse holes ( snug fit). Offset ( eccentric) dowels are available to move the belhouse in any direction needed for proper alignment. There is an allowable tolerance. I didn't know about this many years ago, and now realize that could have been some of the problems with my 4 speeds. I had to put offset dowels in my 64 Dodge to get into tolerance ................MO
