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Epic bellhousing fail!

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 03:50 pm
by filthyjohn
You know I'm after a bellhousing right? Well here's why:

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I still haven't worked out the exact order of fail, but it's pretty goosed.

Re: Epic bellhousing fail!

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 04:04 pm
by volvodspec
woow!

what happened to that one :shock:

Re: Epic bellhousing fail!

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 04:10 pm
by volvosneverdie
Explosion.
Sounds like a bit of an understatement looking at the pics man. :?

Re: Epic bellhousing fail!

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 06:54 pm
by kaos
Jesus! No wonder you havent got a bell housing yet!

Re: Epic bellhousing fail!

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:37 pm
by Bazboy
Dam, that looks seriously fubar, You think the fly wheel could of gone? (as all ways i stand by to be corrected)

Hope you find a replacement soon,

Dan

Re: Epic bellhousing fail!

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:55 pm
by filthyjohn
The flywheel is still intact, but the clutch middle plate has moved and looks damaged. The bearing in the clutch shaft housing was quite noisy, I think it may have seized and jammed perhaps, bending the clutch shaft and causing the damage to the clutch. This also would have torsion loaded the bellhousing dramatically, probably what shattered it.

Re: Epic bellhousing fail!

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:57 pm
by magnumpi
I'd been waiting for ages for this pics, good effort there Jon, how/why?

Re: Epic bellhousing fail!

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 09:44 pm
by jikovron
one of the clutch fingers has broke off with some fatigue action,,,,,,,,,then gone through the bellhousing like a bullet/knife,,,,,,,that cover plate looks like it had seen high mileage

Re: Epic bellhousing fail!

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 09:46 pm
by volvosneverdie
jikovron wrote:one of the clutch fingers has broke off with some fatigue action,,,,,,,,,then gone through the bellhousing like a bullet/knife,,,,,,,that cover plate looks like it had seen high mileage
do bullet/knives exist?
I want two!

Re: Epic bellhousing fail!

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 10:37 pm
by jikovron
yeah ive come across those pesky bulletknifes on other cars,,,,,,and having them near rare bits of machinery is the biggest cause of breakdowns so i hear from the RAC's latest poll

Re: Epic bellhousing fail!

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 10:53 pm
by volvosneverdie
Jesus.
Seriously?
I'm gonna get a bulleproof bell end, just in case.

Re: Epic bellhousing fail!

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 10:54 pm
by volvosneverdie
^^^^^^ sorry, I think I meant Bell Housing.

Re: Epic bellhousing fail!

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 09:38 am
by classicswede
Could have been a fly or a spider perhaps? :lol:

You don't break things by halfs do ya

Re: Epic bellhousing fail!

Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:56 pm
by jtbo
crackaBOOOM! :mrgreen:

Quite well done, haven't seen that one before in 300, when it decides to go it goes, that is which we have to live with, but surely that is pissing one off when it happens without a warning, lot of hours and lot of money needed again and only to get car like it was before, hopefully next build up will last tad longer, it is unfair when car fails like that :?