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Oct 12, 2008 | 07:44 AM

cabel1

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cracked tailhousing

So I was at the track yesterday. made 9 passes. 6 of them were on a 150 shot and 3 na. My 60's were between 1.57-1.70 depending(track was bad).

When I got home my car was bleeding all over. there is a big crack on the drivers side of the tailhousing. Any idea what could have caused this?I have a tunnel mount torque arm already.

Oct 12, 2008 | 08:24 AM

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Can you tell where the crack radiated from (starting point)? If your drive shaft is jumping and/or your yoke support bearing is worn, you can crack the tail during hard launches. There's a few threads on here about the "anti-wobble" yoke bearing that RSG sells.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/manual-transmission/953428-rockland-std-gear-extension-housing-bushing.html

Oct 13, 2008 | 08:05 PM

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Anyone know if these can be welded?

Oct 13, 2008 | 08:17 PM

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It really depends on where its cracked and how bad it is . I usually just replace them since its not worth the risk of running the unit low on fluid and burning it up .