Flex Plate: Service and Repair

Flexplate

Service Repair No - 12.53.13





Special Service Tools
Removal
1. Disconnect the battery ground cable.

WARNING: Do not work on or under a vehicle supported only by a jack. Always support the vehicle on safety stands.

Raise and support the vehicle.
3. Remove the transmission.





4. Flexplate alignment.
^ Rotate the crankshaft until number 1 cylinder is at TDC. The timing hole in the flexplate will be horizontal as shown.
^ Using the special tool, lock the flexplate.
^ Remove the Torx bolt shown to reveal the timing notch.
^ Mark the position of the bolt hole with the notch in relation to the crankshaft.





5. Remove the torque converter flexplate.
^ Remove the 7 remaining Torx bolts.
^ Remove the spacer.

Installation





1. Install the torque converter flexplate.
^ Clean the component mating faces.
^ Install the spacer.
^ Align the bolt hole with the alignment notch, to the mark previously made on the crankshaft.
^ Using the special tool, lock the flexplate.
^ Tighten the Torx bolts evenly in 2 stages, in the sequence shown.
^ Tighten the Torx bolts to 15 Nm (11 ft. lbs.).
^ Tighten the Torx bolts to 72 Nm (53 ft. lbs.)
2. Install the transmission.
3. Connect the battery ground cable.