Bell housing gasket

[midnightrider1818]

%$#@ bell housing gasket keeps squeezing out on the edge where it the thinnest. I painted the surfaces and maybe there's too much paint in that area. Anyways I loosened the nuts up and pushed that part back in there and tightened drive back up while keeping both sides pushed back in. That's kind of a dumb design in my opinion. They could have made the bellhousing a little thicker for more surface area there. Anyways I believe I got it now. I suppose if water gets in there it's not suppose to get Past the o ring in there right. I glued that in. Anyways thought maybe next time I have drive off I'll sand that area down a little bit with some sand paper to give gasket something to grip. Any opinions on this

 

[Bondo]

Ayuh,..... So how tight are you torquing the nuts,..??

 

[Mad Props]

Never had that issue, but if its driving you nuts, put some gasket sealer/or form-a-gasket on those surfaces and stick your gasket on and wait for it to dry, it will hold it in place as you install the leg.

 

[Rick Stephens]

I got tired of my old Alpha 1 doing that. I tried every imaginable nut tightening sequence. Ended up sanding the paint off of that narrow bridge area, which usually worked well as the gasket seemed to have more friction. I tried using a sealer like Mad Props recommended, that was successful, only need to use the sealer on one side of the gasket. Biggest improvement came from using aftermarket gaskets that were cut a little wider and didn't have that painted on sealer ridge the OEM gasket has. I do not remember the brand, I bought a bunch of them, still have a few. I changed out my outdrive soon after that and never suffered the same issues with the Gen 2. I know how frustrating it can be to pooch out the gasket as your finishing up maintenance.

 

[midnightrider1818]

Ayuh,..... So how tight are you torquing the nuts,..??

Well did go to 50 but then backed off to 40

 

[midnightrider1818]

I got tired of my old Alpha 1 doing that. I tried every imaginable nut tightening sequence. Ended up sanding the paint off of that narrow bridge area, which usually worked well as the gasket seemed to have more friction. I tried using a sealer like Mad Props recommended, that was successful, only need to use the sealer on one side of the gasket. Biggest improvement came from using aftermarket gaskets that were cut a little wider and didn't have that painted on sealer ridge the OEM gasket has. I do not remember the brand, I bought a bunch of them, still have a few. I changed out my outdrive soon after that and never suffered the same issues with the Gen 2. I know how frustrating it can be to pooch out the gasket as your finishing up maintenance.

Very frustrating. Yeah next time I have it off I'm going to sand the paint off that area also