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Flex Plate: Service and Repair

Flexplate

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





Installation
1. Position the flexplate and tighten the 8 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).





2. Install the transmission.