Safe to run and drive?

Dana67Dart said

A guy I used to work with was a BMW mechanic. He told me he broke off a belhousing ear from a transmission, the service manager told him to just bolt the trans up and send it on. Not hard to believe but really disgraceful.

I personally would not use it unless it was free or I had no other choice.

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I think that the broke off piece will make little difference. On a high hp vehicle the bell housing could fail. Better to get another block/engine. By the way, I worked exclusively on BMW for 25 years in dealerships and independent shops. I saw more bad work (and fixed it) at dealerships , than at independent shops. Also there are 2 alignment dowels to keep the trans input shaft in alignment on BMW’s at the bottom of the block. If that was broken off the trans… bad deal. Shitty manager and tech.