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Mar 10, 2006 | 08:31 PM

Red

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Need help with Bellhousing

I got a 98 SS and after taking the 8 bolts out of
the bellhousing I still cannot get the damn thing off.Any ideas
will be helpful.Don't laugh too hard.

Mar 10, 2006 | 08:56 PM

smokeum99ta

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Sometimes they are a motherf---er to get off. I just found a place to use a prybar with damaging anything and it will come off. Sometimes I also use a rubber mallet and hit a few times around the alignment pins and that works for me also.

Mar 10, 2006 | 10:14 PM

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Many of us have been there.

I had to take a 2x4 and place it where the starter was. And then to proceed to beat the absolute hell out of it. I destroyed the 2x4... but the bellhousing eventually came off.

Mar 10, 2006 | 10:53 PM

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Thanks I 'll keep at it.

Mar 11, 2006 | 03:53 AM

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a few screwdrivers and alot of muscle and shaking while pulling..just becareful if your using jackstands...you dont wanna shake the car off of them :no:

Mar 11, 2006 | 04:47 AM

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maybe try sprying some PB blaster where the pins are and let it soak in for a few minutes. after you get it off, would it help (in the future) to put anti-seize on the guide pins?