92DripCherokee
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- Tampa, Florida
I've got more pictures yet to shoot, these actually focused.
The other way to kill a transmission E-12 torx, through the shifter opening. I used an E-14, gave some extra wobble. The E12 couldnt bite it, the torx head was twisted out of shape!
From the top side, showing socket had a shallow grab, marginal angle
This is the setup, with 20" and two 3" inch extensions. fed in from engine side. At the end of tear down, it was only the pair of 7/16 -14 bolts, and the trans was free to slide. The engine stayed dead level, motor mounts stayed on. Got a jackstand propping up the engine, but it never pitched over.
The torque converter, dust from threadlocker outlines wallowed flexplate bolt holes. Front seal is doing fine, no leak.
The cracked flexplate, bleeding from cracked bolt pattern.
The noise this made was NASTY. I hate this thing like a wart.
The cracks run on the outer extreme of the bolt circle. They didnt meet up, the center was held by a 3/16 wide segment. Every broken flexplate sounds unique. Very chaotic, this never sounded like a rod knock. Loose converter bolts sounded like rod. This sounded like severe crank walk.
The other way to kill a transmission E-12 torx, through the shifter opening. I used an E-14, gave some extra wobble. The E12 couldnt bite it, the torx head was twisted out of shape!
From the top side, showing socket had a shallow grab, marginal angle
This is the setup, with 20" and two 3" inch extensions. fed in from engine side. At the end of tear down, it was only the pair of 7/16 -14 bolts, and the trans was free to slide. The engine stayed dead level, motor mounts stayed on. Got a jackstand propping up the engine, but it never pitched over.
The torque converter, dust from threadlocker outlines wallowed flexplate bolt holes. Front seal is doing fine, no leak.
The cracked flexplate, bleeding from cracked bolt pattern.
The noise this made was NASTY. I hate this thing like a wart.
The cracks run on the outer extreme of the bolt circle. They didnt meet up, the center was held by a 3/16 wide segment. Every broken flexplate sounds unique. Very chaotic, this never sounded like a rod knock. Loose converter bolts sounded like rod. This sounded like severe crank walk.
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