Flex Plate: Service and Repair

Engine Unit: Dowel Pin Alignment

Removal

1) Use suitable tool to lock the drive plate (A/T models) or flywheel (M/T models) and match mark (A) the drive plate or flywheel before removing the bolts.






CAUTION:
Do not damage the ring gear teeth, or the signal plate teeth behind the ring gear.

2) Remove drive plate (A/T models) or flywheel (M/T models).





- Loosen the drive plate or flywheel bolts in a diagonal order.

CAUTION:
- Do not place drive plate (A/T models) or flywheel (M/T models) with signal plate facing down.
- When handling the signal plate, take care not to damage or scratch it.
- Handle the signal plate in a manner that prevents it from becoming magnetized

Installation (A/T Models)

1) Installation is in the reverse order of removal.
- When installing the drive plate to the crankshaft, use the match mark (A) as shown to correctly align the crankshaft side dowel pin to the drive plate side dowel pin hole.





- Install the drive plate and the reinforcement plate in the direction as shown.





- Tighten the drive plate bolts in a diagonal pattern in two steps. Refer to [Engine Unit: Exploded View] Exploded View.

Installation (M/T Models)

1) Installation is in the reverse order of removal after the following.
- Be sure the dowel pin is installed in the crankshaft.
- When installing the flywheel (3) to the crankshaft (2), be sure to correctly align crankshaft side dowel pin (1) to the flywheel side dowel pin hole (A) as shown.





- Oil seal (4)
- There is a locator mark (B) on the clutch cover side of the flywheel (4). Refer to this for ease of installation.





- Crankshaft dowel pin (1)
- Oil seal (2)
- Crankshaft (3)
- Flywheel (4)
- Dowel pin hole (A)
- Dowel pin locator mark (B)
- Tighten the flywheel bolts in a diagonal pattern in two steps. Refer to [Engine Unit: Disassembly and Assembly] Disassembly and Assembly.