Flex Plate: Service and Repair

Remove
1. Remove automatic gearbox.
2. Assemble LRT-12-161 to LRT-12-199 and secure with clamp bolt.





3. Position LRT-12-161 and LRT-12-199 to crankshaft pulley to restrain crankshaft.





4. Remove and discard 6 Patchlok bolts securing drive plate to crankshaft.
5. Remove drive plate from crankshaft.

Refit
1. Clean bolt holes in crankshaft using an old drive plate bolt with two saw cuts at an angle of 450 to the bolt shank.
2. Clean drive plate and mating face of crankshaft.
3. Position LRT-12-161 and LRT-12-199 to crankshaft pulley to restrain crankshaft.
4. Position drive plate to crankshaft.





5. Fit new Patchlok bolts securing drive plate to crankshaft and tighten in sequence illustrated to 80 Nm (59 ft. lbs.).
6. Remove LRT-12-161 and LRT-12-199 from crankshaft pulley.
7. Fit automatic gearbox.