[huck369]

Originally posted by Chris
The Flex plate is bolted to the crankshaft and performs two duties. The outside ring is for the starter to turn the motor over with. The second is that there is three or four (my guess is 4) bolts that connect it to the torque converter and spins it on the tranny input shaft.

Chris

I haven't had a flex plate fail on a Subie, but they are a pretty flimsy piece of metal, if they got it in a bind when torquing the torq. conv. bolt down, that could crack it.
And Chris the flex plate on a Subie doesn't have the gear ring on it like every other brand I've worked on, the gear ring is located on the Torque converter ( possibly because the starter enters from the rear, not the front like on most common engine designs).

Hope this helps,