Flex Plate: Service and Repair
FlexplateRemoval
1. With the vehicle in NEUTRAL, position it on a hoist.
2. Remove the transmission.
3. Remove the 8 bolts and the flexplate.
Installation
1. NOTE: The crankshaft dowel must be positioned below the outer face of the flexplate.
Install the flexplate with the elongated hole over the crankshaft dowel.
2. Install the 8 flexplate bolts and tighten in 2 stages in the sequence shown.
^ Stage 1: Tighten to 15 Nm (11 ft. lbs.).
^ Stage 2: Tighten to 110 Nm (81 ft. lbs.).
3. Install the transmission.