Clutch Housings and SAE Numbers

[Eric Horne]

I have been trying to develope a plan of attack to put a new driveline in my 1951 Chevy 2 Ton. Its current 26? six cylinder and 5+2 driveline has a max speed of 45 mph. It will pull a mountain in first but hitting the open road is way to scary. I want to build the Chevy handle my 21,000 lb gooseneck as easy or better than my Dodge 3500 then eventually replace the Dodge.



I have been looking at the Eaton site to determine a transmission and rear axle that can do the job. They mention SAE numbers when talking about their clutch housings. What I can't figure out is are they talking about different bolt patterns or different materials? If there are different bolt patterns out there, which pattern does the Cummins in our Dodge's have? Any info will be appreciated.



Eric

 

[Hutchew]

SAE Dodge flywheel housing.......

Eric, When I was kicking around stuffing an Allison into my conversion, I ran across a few threads of people using Allison 545 automatics in their trucks, and those use an SAE 3 automotive type housing, although there is no telling what other kinds/types of adapters might be needed. Their website is http://www.industrialautomatic.com and I did talk to them a little. I bet they would know for sure. Pretty nice folks. Hope this helps.

 

[Ray Torresdal]

SAE housings

Cummins has 3 different SAE housings available, as I recall. If you do some serious digging, you should be able to find part #'s, and applications information. The transmission mfg. should also list which housing would be required. Ray