- Bell housing
The bell housing is part of the transmission system on a
gasoline (also known aspetrol ) ordiesel poweredvehicle . It is bolted to theengine block and contains theflywheel and thetorque converter orclutch of thetransmission . Thestarter motor is usually mounted here engaging with a ring gear on the flywheel. On the opposite end to the engine is usually bolted thegearbox .The above is the normal arrangement for an in line transmission system for a conventional
rear wheel drive orall wheel drive vehicle. The arrangement for a transverse mounted engine and transmission for afront wheel drive vehicle has the gear box and differential below the engine and consequently the bell housing is a simple cover for the flywheel.Bell housings take their name from their shape rather than their function. To the technically literate they are better-known as clutch housings or torque converter housings, depending on what they actually house.
ee also
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List of Chrysler bellhousing patterns
*List of Ford bellhousing patterns
*List of GM bellhousing patterns
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