- Clean the flex plate in solvent.
- Dry the flex plate with compressed air.
- Inspect the flex plate for the following conditions:
| • | Damaged ring gear teeth (1) |
| • | Stress cracks around the flex plate-to-crankshaft bolt hole locations (2) |
| | 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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| • | Welded areas (3) that retain the ring gear onto the flex plate for cracking |
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 flywheel in solvent.
- Dry the flywheel with compressed air.
- Inspect the manual transmission flywheel for the following conditions:
| • | Damaged ring gear teeth (4) |
| • | Bent or damaged pressure plate locating pins (5) |
