I had the very same thing happen a number of years ago at Dragway 42, I got lucky and cut the end's off and re-welded the bracket's and end's back on with the jig and friend who is a professional welder, welded it all back together,, the first guy only welded one side of each bracket, I ran that housing for a couple more years and then built the Dana and never looked back.

Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.