flex plate removal/install write up
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From: Iroquois Ontario Canada
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
The only one I have found all the pictures were removed and since the write up refers to the pictures often it is kind of useless now
I need to do my flexplate soon, even have a new one sitting in a box waiting for me to get off my butt and schedule some time do it
. I am on the home stretch on my Stealth and should be as far as I am going on it by the end of the week. That should free up some time for me to do my flexplate. I have almost everything I need to do the job, just need an extra set of axle stands and the e-torx sockets.
Going by the service manual it doesn't seem to be too hard of a job, just a bit frustrating with the bolt locations. It also looks like it would be real handy to have a second set of hands on the job to make life a little easier.
I need to do my flexplate soon, even have a new one sitting in a box waiting for me to get off my butt and schedule some time do it. I am on the home stretch on my Stealth and should be as far as I am going on it by the end of the week. That should free up some time for me to do my flexplate. I have almost everything I need to do the job, just need an extra set of axle stands and the e-torx sockets.Going by the service manual it doesn't seem to be too hard of a job, just a bit frustrating with the bolt locations. It also looks like it would be real handy to have a second set of hands on the job to make life a little easier.
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Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
The only one I have found all the pictures were removed and since the write up refers to the pictures often it is kind of useless now I need to do my flexplate soon, even have a new one sitting in a box waiting for me to get off my butt and schedule some time do it. I am on the home stretch on my Stealth and should be as far as I am going on it by the end of the week. That should free up some time for me to do my flexplate. I have almost everything I need to do the job, just need an extra set of axle stands and the e-torx sockets.
Going by the service manual it doesn't seem to be too hard of a job, just a bit frustrating with the bolt locations. It also looks like it would be real handy to have a second set of hands on the job to make life a little easier.
I need to do my flexplate soon, even have a new one sitting in a box waiting for me to get off my butt and schedule some time do it. I am on the home stretch on my Stealth and should be as far as I am going on it by the end of the week. That should free up some time for me to do my flexplate. I have almost everything I need to do the job, just need an extra set of axle stands and the e-torx sockets.Going by the service manual it doesn't seem to be too hard of a job, just a bit frustrating with the bolt locations. It also looks like it would be real handy to have a second set of hands on the job to make life a little easier.
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From: Iroquois Ontario Canada
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Yes the flexplate is bolted to both the torque converter and the crank so you have to pull the inspection plate and unbolt it from the converter, disconnect the transmission to drop it then unbolt the flexplate from the engine.
I figure if everything goes as it is suppose to it would be a good 6-7 hour job in a driveway with the proper tools. Chances are that some bolts will be frozen and need a little help letting go so I am planning on a full weekend from start to finish. I am not positive but I think you need to drop the down pipe too to get clearance for the transmission to come out. I do know that the drive shafts have to come out so the transmission will drop.
The most important tool to have is the transmission jack/adapter, be it home made or store bought, so you can properly support and secure the transmission. Having a bellhousing crack because the transmission shifted is not fun. I had that happen to me when I was a teen and was changing the torque converter in a Camaro. I was using my chest as trany jack and it slipped off while I only had 2 bolts loosely in. It broke two bolt tabs off the bellhousing and I ended up having to get a transmission from the JY and swap everything over.
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I figure if everything goes as it is suppose to it would be a good 6-7 hour job in a driveway with the proper tools. Chances are that some bolts will be frozen and need a little help letting go so I am planning on a full weekend from start to finish. I am not positive but I think you need to drop the down pipe too to get clearance for the transmission to come out. I do know that the drive shafts have to come out so the transmission will drop.
The most important tool to have is the transmission jack/adapter, be it home made or store bought, so you can properly support and secure the transmission. Having a bellhousing crack because the transmission shifted is not fun. I had that happen to me when I was a teen and was changing the torque converter in a Camaro. I was using my chest as trany jack and it slipped off while I only had 2 bolts loosely in. It broke two bolt tabs off the bellhousing and I ended up having to get a transmission from the JY and swap everything over.
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