chevelle just cracked another tranmission case...

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03-14-2010, 01:58 AM

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I would say driveshaft length or angle. If it were chassis or drivetrain flex it would likely crack further forward.

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03-14-2010, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Monte4ever

Most car, as far as I know, off-set the motor to the right to help keep the u-joints from binding which may cause your cracked trans case issues. Because this it a swap and the vehicle has been hit in the front you may want to verify that the driveshaft is not directly inline with the rearend housing. There is a certain amount of degrees that the shaft has to be from side-to-side along with up and down.

A-bodies had the engines and transmissions centered in the chassis. The rear end axles tubes are equal length, which makes the pinion gear slightly offset to the side. This takes care of the needed angle to keep the ujoints lubricated.

Andrew

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03-14-2010, 05:49 PM

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when you break the tailshaft housing is the trans junk, or do you repair it?
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