Re: Bellhousing Bewilderment
[Re: lewtot184]
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07/13/12 07:25 PM
07/13/12 07:25 PM
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personal opinion here, those lakewood cans are crap. my 68 383 road runner had the same bellhousing as a 440 from the factory.. the 23 spline tranny had a small o.d. retainer and i didn't have any problems with a larger o.d. bearing retainer hole.
Little confused here, a 68 trans behind the 383 would have had a bearing retainer that fit that bellhousing, which is the same for a 383 or a 440 in 1968.
To the OP , something is wrong with that Lakewood if the hole is 5.5 , the biggest one MIGHT have been is 5.125 , size of an OD trans retainer. A big block never had an OD behind it, I'd be calling Lakewood to find out what is going on ....
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Re: Bellhousing Bewilderment
[Re: JohnRR]
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07/13/12 11:03 PM
07/13/12 11:03 PM
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Crazy68Dart
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personal opinion here, those lakewood cans are crap. my 68 383 road runner had the same bellhousing as a 440 from the factory.. the 23 spline tranny had a small o.d. retainer and i didn't have any problems with a larger o.d. bearing retainer hole.
Little confused here, a 68 trans behind the 383 would have had a bearing retainer that fit that bellhousing, which is the same for a 383 or a 440 in 1968.
To the OP , something is wrong with that Lakewood if the hole is 5.5 , the biggest one MIGHT have been is 5.125 , size of an OD trans retainer. A big block never had an OD behind it, I'd be calling Lakewood to find out what is going on ....
I agree this seems odd. Did you bolt it to the engine, you sure you got the right PN?
When I bought my lakewood BB housing (~8 years ago) it came with the reducer ring for the smaller bearing retainer.
It also came with all the hardware and also the starter kit to use a 130 tooth flywheel.
383, Hemi 4-Speed, AlterKtion, D60
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