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drilling the flex plate
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:39 pm
by speedyrb29
so any advice on enlarging the holes on the flew plate while its bolted to the crank lol. yea i kno probly a bad idea but to late now. its my only option. not taking everything apart now. i guess an r/t clutch plus a 02 4 speed stx flew plate dont mtach up. 1 bolt mmatches but the others dont line up. so im going to use a drill to enlarge them.
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:08 am
by Mopar00Neon
DONT DRILL IT!
The holes will line up. They are NOT evenly spaced however. Take the one bolt out and just turn the engine over and try bolting it into a different hole. All 4 bolts will go in, but they only go in one way.
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:59 pm
by 2k2patriotblueneon
Mopar00Neon wrote:DONT DRILL IT!
The holes will line up. They are NOT evenly spaced however. Take the one bolt out and just turn the engine over and try bolting it into a different hole. All 4 bolts will go in, but they only go in one way.
LMAO yeah bro hes right! Don't drill it...she will line up but it only goes on one way so ya gotta keep turning it.
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:33 pm
by speedyrb29
i hate turning it!!!!!! ive turned it like 5 times stupid thing. well i guess its good i didnt go drlling holes yet i just scuffed it up with screw drivers trying to turn it lol
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:40 pm
by 2k2patriotblueneon
speedyrb29 wrote:i hate turning it!!!!!! ive turned it like 5 times stupid thing. well i guess its good i didnt go drlling holes yet i just scuffed it up with screw drivers trying to turn it lol
Yeah if you drill it you may wind up throwing off the entire balance of the motor.....not a good idea.
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:54 pm
by gski4life
and remember to torque em down to the right torque specs........I let a guy replace my tranny once and he didn't care I guess and just cranked the bolts down till he felt good. Well lo and behold 250 miles down the road, the little cracks that he put in the flex plat got bigger and bigger till they broke and broke numberous things inside my motor due to overreving............PAY ATTENTION....but it'll line up just sit down and fiddle with it
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:10 am
by jonnymopar
This same thing scared the HELL out of me when I had to do a rear main seal on my old car. It will line up. I believe it's only 2 holes that are unevenly spaced (on purpose of course).