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Replacing the Flex Plate - Part 6
Topic:Transmission   Date: 2008-09-13
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Here is the flex plate I found with good ring gear teeth:

new flex plate

Some flex plates have extra metal on them for balance. This flex plate and the one I removed do have some holes and drill marks that were used to balance the wheel; however, this is not an externally balanced engine. That is, if you take the flex plate off, the engine is still balanced. It appears to me that the flex plate is merely balanced with itself. This is good, because it would be difficult to swap plates otherwise.

new flex plate

I purchased the new, used flex plate for ten bucks. It is made by GM:

new flex plate

There was 40 years of spare change spread around the inside of Isabelle:

new flex plate

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