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Originally Posted by Jac Mac
I would drill the bell housing dowel holes to ~13/16" then use a lathe to turn a step on the bush in pic in the area of the 45° champher to 3/4" dia. That should leave enough material for a good weld once you get the bell housing indexed.
Drilling to 1,1/16 might create a problem with the bush vs shape of bell housing.
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Thanks Jac Mac but the 1-1/16 dia. drill is what Lakewood actually recommend in their installation instructions. Also, Kirkham Motorsports show a step-by-step photo story of aligning and welding in the 1" bushings in a Lakewood and they seem to have no problems with the shape of the bell.
Karmann, thanks for the advice about removing the pins, but I don't really trust the offset pin method, especially if the bellhousing bolts relax tension after the first 100 miles or so. I'm going to stick with the welded bush method - it's a more permanent method of alignment - I hope
Thanks again everyone for the advice
