Last year I bought an old B5200 with what I "ass u me d" was a bad clutch.
It turns out, due to the FEL and whatever attachment puts too much stress on the bell housing. It had come apart at this joint and broken the input shaft. I got it put back together, new clutch etc. and in a week or so of use, it started to loosen a this point again. I had to think of a cure. I installed longer bolts around the entire bell housing, loc tite and I installed nyloc nuts on the back side. This should eliminate the vibrating loose problem. It didn't take care of the stress being transferred to the bell housing. I then thought up the idea of a sub frame connector. There are numerous holes in the rear axle that are threaded. So I built a brace that reaches from the FEL's mounting bracket to the axle. It increased the rigidity immensely. You could see this at the hood / body junction. Here are a few pics.

It turns out, due to the FEL and whatever attachment puts too much stress on the bell housing. It had come apart at this joint and broken the input shaft. I got it put back together, new clutch etc. and in a week or so of use, it started to loosen a this point again. I had to think of a cure. I installed longer bolts around the entire bell housing, loc tite and I installed nyloc nuts on the back side. This should eliminate the vibrating loose problem. It didn't take care of the stress being transferred to the bell housing. I then thought up the idea of a sub frame connector. There are numerous holes in the rear axle that are threaded. So I built a brace that reaches from the FEL's mounting bracket to the axle. It increased the rigidity immensely. You could see this at the hood / body junction. Here are a few pics.


Attachments
-
50.6 KB Views: 426
Last edited: