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Cleaning and Inspection Procedure - Conditional

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  1. Clean the flex plate in solvent.
  2. WARNING:

    Refer to Safety Glasses Warning .

  3. Dry the flex plate with compressed air.
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    Inspect the flex plate for the following conditions:

    • Stress cracks around the flex plate-to-torque converter mounting bolt hole locations (1) and/or flex plate-to-crankshaft (2, 4)
    • NOTE:

      Do not attempt to repair the welded areas that retain the ring gear to the flex plate. Install a NEW flex plate.

    • Cracks at welded areas that retain the ring gear onto the flex plate (3)
    • Damaged or missing ring gear teeth (5)