cracked transmission case

[brandon1239]

sooo today I was going over my car before I took the trans out to do the clutch, when I noticed I have a 3 inch crack in the case... can I weld it back together or would it be better to just get a new case? I've seen some people weld it back together but Im not sure.

 

[viperlp01]

Defidently just weld it. I would take the tranny to a shop that does aluminum welding and have them run some beads. TRE rewelded my cracked bellhousing and it turned out great. The reason it cracked was probably a misaligned transmission.. Make sure both your dowels are in place and you have all your bolts in

 

[brandon1239]

sounds good. I was kinda pissed because my tranny is like butter so I'd hate to get rid of it ahah

 

[talondave]

I also had a 2" crack on my belhousing, shep welded it for me when I had him build me my tranny!

 

[95burgundyesi]

I had a 4 inch hair crack in my mid section and Jon noticed it and welded it right up. He assured it would never be a problem. Nice welds too!!! This happened when my center diff spider gears shattered and acted like a grenade inside my trans.

 

[brandon1239]

what rebuild did you get? has anyone had the weld break on them again? I'm not making too much power, around 350 once I put in cams and I'm going to throw in a 4.3 fidanza