I have to admit, I didn't check the alignment on my Lakewood and I even had the tools at my disposal to do so... but the weekend I intalled the Tranny (the night actually) was right after my girlfriend broke up with me and I just wanted to make some major progress since I had been neglecting the project while we were dating... but roughly 15,000 miles later and still no problems, so guess maybe I was one of the lucky ones that the bellhousing lined up OK. What are the symptoms of a poorly alighned bellhousing? Seems like it would put some side-load force on the tranny input shaft and also cause the clutch to vibrate and front bearing in the tranny to wear out prematurely.
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