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Transmission Flex Plate
Help, I need info on a Transmission Flex Plate. I had my Transmission replaced at a dealer in Allentown, Pa. (Becker), the tranny is under warranty period. Flex plate went bad ? Was that an action of incorrect replacement by the dealer and should that be under the warranty ? What does this flex plate do ? I had put the car in the shop for repair, replacement of the oil pump, because the values where banging. They also replaced the timing belts, they said they were oil soaked as I had a oil leak in the front seal. Does this sound correct, or does this sound like the dealer " South Side Shuffle " ? Need to know to make intelligent decesion on which way to proceed ! Its my opinion the transmission replacement job was botched by the dealer and thats why the flex plate cracked all around the bolts in the center ! What does the experts out there say ? Thanks , Don
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Re: Transmission Flex Plate
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It's always a good idea to replace the timing belts while you have them off, for any reason. Unless you just recently had it installed. I'd certainly be willing to spend the extra bucks to have it done, there is no additional labor charge.
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Hello Don
I just had the same thing. My flex plate was bad before Level 10 rebuilt the transmission. They didn't notice it was cracked all around like yours. My Subaru dealer (Faulkner) said to go back to Level 10, which I did. They charged an additional 800 to remove the tranny again and replace the flex plate (flywheel). My warranty paid half of it. What a load of crap that is. GT |
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I'd be curious if you could pull the part number out of your invoice and check with a dealer or subaruparts.com, or even cdasubaru.com and find out what the plate actually cost. Bet it ain't 400 bucks. Let's see...R&R flexplate pays less than 5 hours, but let's use that as a guide. And let's also say that the flex plate was 400 bucks, that means they charged you 80 bucks an hour to fix something they should have caught in the first place. Yessir, I'll be running up to ol' Level 10 when my tranny takes a dump.
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<why the hell did you pay it? >
I don't know why, Eddy. I guess for the same unknown reason that the warranty company paid. I already feel stupid enough. But you are right, nonetheless. |
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