Cutting an A-518 bell off

Posted By: GLR

Cutting an A-518 bell off - 01/18/14 04:33 PM

Is there anyone that knows of a place that cuts the A 518 Transmission bells off so that I can bolt on the Ultra Bell? I want a nice clean job done , I have a good friend that owns a transmission shop but he doesn't want to cut off the bell.

Posted By: Supercuda

Re: Cutting an A-518 bell off - 01/18/14 04:36 PM

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Is there anyone that knows of a place that cuts the A 518 Transmission bells off so that I can bolt on the Ultra Bell? I want a nice clean job done , I have a good friend that owns a transmission shop but he doesn't want to cut off the bell.

DO

IT

YOURSELF

it isn't rocket science, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR_5pb7Aduw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL93XAc4MGs

Time for a bit of testicular fortitude on your part.

Posted By: BulletBob

Re: Cutting an A-518 bell off - 01/18/14 04:37 PM

I've seen SB412Duster cut a bunch of different bellhousings off to put on a Ultra Bell He's very meticulous about hi work too

Posted By: JohnRR

Re: Cutting an A-518 bell off - 01/18/14 04:45 PM

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Is there anyone that knows of a place that cuts the A 518 Transmission bells off so that I can bolt on the Ultra Bell? I want a nice clean job done , I have a good friend that owns a transmission shop but he doesn't want to cut off the bell.

DO

IT

YOURSELF

it isn't rocket science, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR_5pb7Aduw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL93XAc4MGs

Time for a bit of testicular fortitude on your part.

This , it's not that hard to do .

Posted By: GLR

Re: Cutting an A-518 bell off - 01/18/14 05:01 PM

I know I could do it myself, I just wanted the cut to be as perfect as possible so the the ultra bell fits tight to the cut casing. I just received a PM from a Moparts member that has cut the A 5-18 down on a lathe..... nice job...

Posted By: draginmopars

Re: Cutting an A-518 bell off - 01/18/14 05:13 PM

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I know I could do it myself, I just wanted the cut to be as perfect as possible so the the ultra bell fits tight to the cut casing. I just received a PM from a Moparts member that has cut the A 5-18 down on a lathe..... nice job...

You need a slight gap at at the cut/ case, to allow for expansion

The bell locates off of the bevel, in the pump mounting area

Posted By: Supercuda

Re: Cutting an A-518 bell off - 01/18/14 05:28 PM

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I know I could do it myself, I just wanted the cut to be as perfect as possible so the the ultra bell fits tight to the cut casing. I just received a PM from a Moparts member that has cut the A 5-18 down on a lathe..... nice job...

That sounds like a real scary deal to me, been years since I ran a lathe and I sure as heck never tried to turn something as large and oddly balanced as a trans case and you are shooting for a "perfection" that is not needed and in fact unwanted. The Ultrabell doesn't bolt to the case, but to the front pump.

Posted By: drew72

Re: Cutting an A-518 bell off - 01/18/14 09:05 PM

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Is there anyone that knows of a place that cuts the A 518 Transmission bells off so that I can bolt on the Ultra Bell? I want a nice clean job done , I have a good friend that owns a transmission shop but he doesn't want to cut off the bell.

Have you gotten delivery of your jw ultrabell ? I'm still waiting. Been now told end of Jan.

Posted By: John_Kunkel

Re: Cutting an A-518 bell off - 01/18/14 11:36 PM

Back in the Clutchflite days I cut off the bell on a Bridgeport mill.

Posted By: GLR

Re: Cutting an A-518 bell off - 01/19/14 12:41 AM

Yes, I have my Ultra bell already.

Posted By: 80fbody

Re: Cutting an A-518 bell off - 01/19/14 03:32 AM

How about A&A Transmission or one of the other mopar trans shops? They may be able to do it for a case swap.

Posted By: GLR

Re: Cutting an A-518 bell off - 01/19/14 03:34 AM

That is a possibility, I will send an e-mail and ask. Thank you