Changing Flexplate - don't have to drop the tranny ?

**VinnieGTP** · 07-04-2008

Originally Posted by TDCRacing

well yours shouldnt be any different then mine huh? I understand what you are saying and agree. There is not enough room to stick anything in there...thats why you have to turn the flex plate so that the bolt is at the bottom of the opening and it actually sticks out past the opening just enough so that you can get a socket on there. And usually it seems the rear main seals hardly ever go out on these cars....the front main seals...yes...mine had 110000 on it and the front and rear were just fine.

I think one of you is talking about the torque converter bolts and the other is talking about the flexplate bolts.

**SyntheticShield** · 07-04-2008

Originally Posted by VinnieGTP

I think one of you is talking about the torque converter bolts and the other is talking about the flexplate bolts.

I wanted to say something along those lines but I was not 100%. The Flex plate bolts are closer to the center of the plate and would be obscured by the torque converter, right?

**archemedes** · 07-04-2008

Originally Posted by SyntheticShield

I wanted to say something along those lines but I was not 100%. The Flex plate bolts are closer to the center of the plate and would be obscured by the torque converter, right?

exactly, the flexplate is what the torque converter bolts on, and is bolted to the crank