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View Poll Results: Have you ever heard/experienced a broken flexplate | |||
YES | 4 | 50.00% | |
NO | 4 | 50.00% | |
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Poll: Have you ever heard/experienced a broken flexplate '80 300D
Has anyone ever experienced a broken flexplate? My friend has a 80 300D NA that is making a hellacious knocking sound. The motor keeps running faithfully which leads me to believe that the sound could be from a broken flexplate. What do ya'll think?
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Regards, Ian White 1995 E300 Diesel w124 OM606 2014 E550 w212 M278 biturbo 2001 BMW 740i E38 M62 (past) 1981 300SD w126 OM617 (past) |
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I had a flex plate go on my 300SD. It made a really pronounced clacking noise. I think you can look for cracks coming from the bolts that attach the tourqe converter to the flex plate, via the little cover at the end of the oil pan.
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I was looking at the paperwork of a 300SD I took some parts off of and it had the flex disc (not flex plate) replaced at least 4 times and the one in the car was broken!
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Pretty different parts. Flex disks are a pretty common failure/replacement item. Flex plate replacements require extraction of the engine and separation from the transmission.
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For survey purposes - I have a nice clack too and suspected the flex plate but it shows no signs of cracking. I do know that there was a thread on here a while back showing pictures of a broken flex plate. It looked pretty gruesome.
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TC Current stable: - 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL - 2007 Saturn sky redline - 2004 Explorer...under surgery. Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth |
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Pics of a Cracked Flex Plate Some pictures from my thread. Taking a look through the Bellhousing window. After I dropped the transmission. Comparing the damaged flex plate with a new unit. New Flex plate installed on flywheel. .
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My 300SD had a cracked flex plate, took a while to figure it out because even though I thought the problem was from that general area, every time I looked, I could not see a problem. Finally after quite a while, and a refusal to drive it, I just happened to put it on ramps and shut it off in just the right place to see the cracks in the plate. It drove me nuts for a long time because it ran well, but something was wrong. Anyway, on the way to diagnosing the problem, I took care of a few other little things.....that was cool! Bob
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Mine broke on the 300SD I used to drive.
It sounded like a growling noise at first which I thought was the alternator bearings (OK so I am deaf ) when it went it just STOPPED the engine as it jammed up inside the bell housing.
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