The importance of measuring bell housing runout.

Lakewood had a terrible quality control problem. There were three guys in the late 70's/ early 80's involved with 4WD swaps. One put a Chev SB, Jeep, Lakewood, Ford 4 speed. Out of spec by far. another had a stock early 70's Jeep V6, Lakewood, Ford 4 speed. The 4 speed bolt pattern was drilled "twisted" and the transfer case hung down further as if the engine sat rotated in the mounts. The last one I never understood, he sent it back for another, at considerable shipping expense.