Flexplate Vs. Flywheel......and a stupid question?
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Flexplate Vs. Flywheel......and a stupid question?
Maybe I have assumed wrong all along..........but the thin plate that mounts on the back of your flywheel.
Has an inserted splined carrier with a half dozen springs around it.
Your Tranny shaft then slides into that plate and carrier.
Is that plate called a flex plate ??? If not what is it called cause I can't find them anywhere.
When I do search for flex plates these sheetmetal looking flywheels come up.
Thanks
Jon
Has an inserted splined carrier with a half dozen springs around it.
Your Tranny shaft then slides into that plate and carrier.
Is that plate called a flex plate ??? If not what is it called cause I can't find them anywhere.
When I do search for flex plates these sheetmetal looking flywheels come up.
Thanks
Jon
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A flex plate and a fly wheel do essentially the same thing. In an automotive application, a flywheel is for a manual transmission and the clutch bolts to it. A flex plate is for an automatic transmission and the torque converter bolts to it. Never having taken the back end of a marine engine apart, I don't know if they use a fly wheel or a flex plate.
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What you are looking for is called a Drive plate. When I redid my engines and transmissions I replaced mine. I got them from Innovation engineering in Georgia. Their number is (770) 972-2972 I was very pleased with them. They make them for a lot of companies.
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Yup! A Drive plate:
http://www.mercruiserparts.com/showS...asp?pn=860125T
Item #10:
http://www.mercruiserparts.com/Show_...00%29%28440%29
http://www.mercruiserparts.com/showS...asp?pn=860125T
Item #10:
http://www.mercruiserparts.com/Show_...00%29%28440%29
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A flex plate and a fly wheel do essentially the same thing. In an automotive application, a flywheel is for a manual transmission and the clutch bolts to it. A flex plate is for an automatic transmission and the torque converter bolts to it. Never having taken the back end of a marine engine apart, I don't know if they use a fly wheel or a flex plate.
If the boat has TRS or Speedmasters, it has a transmission that bolts between the engine and the outdrive. I would assume they use a type of flex-plate/flywheel to connect the transmission to the engine. I've never owned a boat with trannys so I can't give you a solid answer.
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Forgot you have six's
http://www.mercruiserparts.com/showS....asp?pn=816618
item #16:
http://www.mercruiserparts.com/Show_...N+ROD+ASSEMBLY
http://www.mercruiserparts.com/showS....asp?pn=816618
item #16:
http://www.mercruiserparts.com/Show_...N+ROD+ASSEMBLY
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What would it cost to take the TRS plug in taile off of my Huber 1050 and replace it with a #6 plug in tail stock. I am understanding the basic tranny case is the same.
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Forgot you have six's
http://www.mercruiserparts.com/showS....asp?pn=816618
item #16:
http://www.mercruiserparts.com/Show_...N+ROD+ASSEMBLY
http://www.mercruiserparts.com/showS....asp?pn=816618
item #16:
http://www.mercruiserparts.com/Show_...N+ROD+ASSEMBLY
And thanks to everyone else too.
Drive plates it is.
Jon