buoymaker,
Yes, that is where the procedures are to align the housings and check the flywheel and torus cover runout.
Sounds like a pain in the butt.
The GMC Hydra-Matic manual stated that the front & rear flywheel housings compromise a "matched set".
I took "matched set" meant that the front & rear flywheel housings were somehow married to each other, from the factory..
Which is not the case.