Flex Plate: Service and Repair

Flexplate

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

Installation

4.6L (2V) engine
1. Install the flexplate and the 6 bolts. Tighten the bolts in 2 stages in the sequence shown.
^ Stage 1: Tighten to 20 Nm (15 ft. lbs).
^ Stage 2: Tighten to 80 Nm (59 ft. lbs).





5.4L (2V) engine
2. Install the flexplate and the 8 bolts. Tighten the bolts in 2 stages in the sequence shown.
^ Stage 1: Tighten to 20 Nm (15 ft. lbs).
^ Stage 2: Tighten to 80 Nm (59 ft. lbs).





All engines
3. Install the transmission.