Flex Plate: Service and Repair

Flexplate

Removal
1. Remove the transmission.
2. Remove the 8 bolts, the flexplate and the flexplate to crankshaft spacer.

Installation





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

Position the spacer and the flexplate. Install the 8 bolts and tighten in the sequence shown in 2 stages.
^ Stage 1: Tighten to 13 Nm (10 ft. lbs.).
^ Stage 2: Tighten to 71 Nm (52 ft. lbs.).
2. Install the transmission.