MK5 Golf GTI

General => Photography Section => Topic started by: tbog on July 29, 2014, 03:12:02 am

Title: Advice on broken bellhousing
Post by: tbog on July 29, 2014, 03:12:02 am

Hi I have a GTI Edition 30 see below image of the bellhousing that was broken due to some negilgence in putting in the bolts in the engine by the mechanic, causing it to collapse and break the bellhousing:

http://s46.photobucket.com/user/tbogatsu/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20140729_040022_zps818cdf2c.jpg.html

Would you advice a weld?

Title: Re: Advice on broken bellhousing
Post by: greygti on August 01, 2014, 10:31:40 pm

That would be some weld to repair that !! New bell housing me thinks

Title: Re: Advice on broken bellhousing
Post by: Andy on August 01, 2014, 10:34:27 pm

bloody hell what caused that???
URL=http://s46.photobucket.com/user/tbogatsu/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20140729_040022_zps818cdf2c.jpg.html](https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Ftbogatsu%2FMobile_Uploads%2FIMG_20140729_040022_zps818cdf2c.jpg&hash=9b3de1635f3a6168cb076f2b7819cbd0a8f8a69e)[/URL]

Thing new housing is needed

Title: Re: Advice on broken bellhousing
Post by: DDM on August 02, 2014, 09:54:10 am

have you just had anew clutch fitted?

Title: Re: Advice on broken bellhousing
Post by: MPS on August 02, 2014, 10:12:28 am

Which chimp did that job?  :sick:

Title: Re: Advice on broken bellhousing
Post by: phatmuther on August 08, 2014, 10:17:11 pm

 :confused: Good god, I hope the garage is covering the cost?

Title: Re: Advice on broken bellhousing
Post by: Degudodger on August 09, 2014, 08:24:23 am

New gearbox housing for sure!

If you have recently had a new clutch i hope you make them pay for the repair  :fighting: