Engine Flywheel Cleaning and Inspection Automatic Transmission
- Clean the flex plate in solvent.
Caution: Wear safety glasses in order to avoid eye damage.
- Dry the flex plate with compressed air.
- Inspect the flex plate for the following conditions:
• | Stress cracks around the engine flex plate-to-torque converter mounting bolt hole locations (1) and/or engine flex plate-to-crankshaft (2, 3) |
| Important: Do not attempt to repair the welded areas that retain the ring gear to the flex plate. Install a new flex plate.
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• | Cracks at welded areas that retain the ring gear onto the flex plate (4) |
• | Damaged or missing ring gear teeth (5) |
Engine Flywheel Cleaning and Inspection Manual Transmission
Important: In order to maintain the proper component balance, contact surface taper, and heat transfer, manual transmission flywheels are NOT to be machined.
- Clean the engine flywheel in solvent.
Caution: Wear safety glasses in order to avoid eye damage.
- Dry the engine flywheel with compressed air.
- Inspect the manual transmission engine flywheel for the following conditions:
• | Rust or other surface damage (3) |
• | Damaged ring gear teeth (4) |
• | Loose or improperly positioned ring gear |
• | The ring gear has an interference fit onto the engine flywheel and should be positioned completely against the flange of the engine flywheel. |