Flex Plate: Service and Repair

Flexplate

Removal
1. Remove the cover and disconnect the battery ground cable.

2. 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. 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 lb ft).
> Tighten the bolts to 110 Nm (81 lb.ft).





2. Install the transmission.
3. Connect the battery ground cable and install the cover.