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Originally Posted by Swifty1638
I know especially for the 3kgt guys it helps the casing from flexing, and keeps the gears in check. Enough driveline shock would actually put enough torsion on the gears to "spread" them apart, cracking the case, and blowing the tcase up..someone correct me if I'm wrong. The bracing i've seen/installed on those cars looks like that of a mini roll cage, lol. I was just concerned because I'm afraid mine will do the same. I wish I had a spare, but I don't.
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We (3/S) run them (on the 5 speeds only) because we crack the aluminum housing. The gears for sure aren't the reason. If you don't have a brace and crack the case you can break some of the t-case mounting points off the trans and have the drive shaft fall on the ground. (only one person has done this that I know of, then braces became the thing to do shortly afterwards). The brace will keep things in place long enough for you to notice the leak and not destroy an trans+ t-case.
So after upgraded front housings were made some people stopped using braces. Then one of the highest power cars broke a mid housing, pushing the gear out to the back of the car. Then you run a brace with the front housing, or an upgraded mid housing as well.
However for a DSM, I haven't heard much in the way of housing failurs. Mostly the gears...