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Flex Plate: Service and Repair


Flexplate

Service Repair No - 12.53.13


Removal

1. 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.
2. Remove the transmission.





3. NOTE: Prevent the flexplate from rotating

Remove the torque converter flexplate.
^ Remove the 8 bolts.

Installation





1. NOTE: Prevent the flexplate from rotating

Install the torque converter flexplate.
^ Clean the component mating faces.
^ Tighten the bolts evenly in 2 stages to the sequence shown.
^ Tighten the bolts to 15 Nm (11 ft. lbs.).
^ Tighten the bolts to 110 Nm (81 ft. lbs.).
2. Install the transmission.