AHH! a little JB weld will fix that right up. LOL.

How about the input shaft pilot bearing? Looks a little crusty. If that seized up, it wouldn't let the clutch disengage. I guess you can check that when you take it back apart to fix/replace the bell housing.

If you didn't get the disk lined up with the pilot bearing on reassembly, that would cause the input shaft to hang up and cause what happened to the bell housing.

Last edited by klhansen; 10/22/2018 9:23 PM.

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