I just installed the tranny and went on a test drive and when I came back, I noticed a large puddle of tranny fluid under my car. I figured it could be the casing not completely seeing but most likely the problem was the axle seal.

When I went under the car, I noticed this:




That cracked peice is perfectly circular and I can spin it around. The tranny is a CTR tranny with ATS lsd. After I got it, I put on a brand new usdm bell housing (currently cracked) onto it. I believe I was supposed to do something to this housing before installing it?

It looks like as if the diff just made contact with the housing and broke it right across.

 

join the club...it happened to me actually also

 

What the F?!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B2FiNiTY &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What the F?! </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah news to me...it appears as if you hit something though! Good news is that you can fix that with some JB weld no problem. Drain it...make sure the surface is clean and dry and apply the weld. If the caR is not a daily then just let it sit for a day to dry. If you need the caR asap then take a hair dryer on the hottest setting for approximately an hour and all will be well

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B2FiNiTY &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I believe I was supposed to do something to this housing before installing it?

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What do you mean?

Chris - who wonders if this something you think you were supposed to do (but did not do) is the reason for teh crack?

 

I'll try JB Weld this weekend and pray to god that it works.

 

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i'd let it cure for days (2 at least) and not do the hairdryer.

chris - who is referring to jb weld and not jb quick

 

I don't mind having it sit for a few days as long as it works.

 

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i'd let it cure for days (2 at least) and not do the hairdryer.

chris - who is referring to jb weld and not jb quick</TD></TR></TABLE>


2 days is probably best.....

you said BJ...wait thats jb

 

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It will....i promise you

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Chris N &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What do you mean?

Chris - who wonders if this something you think you were supposed to do (but did not do) is the reason for teh crack? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Still wondering what you meant when you said you thought you were supposed to do something....

 

Didn't see your question sorry!

What I meant was, was I supposed to shave/shim that side of the tranny? I know you do have to do that for the clutch housing side but I didn't know anything about the bell housing side.

Stuff like this shouldn't happen out of the blue! This case is practically brand new bought from the Acura dealer.

 

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Still wondering what you meant when you said you thought you were supposed to do something.... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Man i am glad this was clarified b/c i was lost as hell....

 

I was just told that the housing needed to be shaved down and I didn't know that.


Modified by B2FiNiTY at 1:28 PM 1/12/2005

 

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That I don't know....

chris - who just reiterated his question because we quickly posted several times afterwards and figured it would get lost

 

I don't know but I'm going to just drop the tranny and put on the housing it came with and call it a day. I don't want to mess around anymore.

 

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I dont know how much truth to this there is b/c i have had both in my car and didn't shave anything....

&lt;---thinks to self ...hmmmm

 

Logically, it should break like that for no reason. It must have hit the diff and broke off.

 

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Clearly...lol

 

How in the world did you manage to do that?

 

i think b2 means that if you use a usdm case half on one side and a jdm case half on the opposite side to build the tranny, you have to do some shaving.

 

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hmmmm....thats a possiblity! I cannot say that i know anybody who has used different halves though!

 

yea good luck man. Let it sit for a few days after the weld and make sure you do it right so it doesn't happen again and nothing else goes wrong,

Good luck!

 

looks like the diff wasn't shimmed properly
and the case gave up, because the combined width of the diff and shims was way to wide, and was loading up the transmission casing

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by totsie7944 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea good luck man. Let it sit for a few days after the weld and make sure you do it right so it doesn't happen again and nothing else goes wrong,

Good luck! </TD></TR></TABLE>

don't you agree it might be better to find the root cause before jb welding it back together?

chris - who knows nothing of shims and shaving when it comes to 1/2 usdm and 1/2 jdm trannies except what dan gsr just p0sted.