Flex Plate: Service and Repair

Flexplate

Flexplate:

Removal
1. Remove the transmission.
2. Remove the bolts and the flexplate.

Installation

1. NOTE: Special bolts are used for flexplate installation. Do not use standard bolts.





Install the flexplate. Tighten the bolts in 2 stages in the sequence shown.
^ Stage 1: Tighten to 13 Nm (10 ft. lbs.).
^ Stage 2: Tighten to 71 Nm (52 ft. lbs.).

2. Install the transmission.