Range Rover Sport (LS) V8-4.4L (2009)
Flex Plate: Service and Repair
Flexplate
Service Repair No - 12.53.13
Removal
1. WARNING: Do not work on or under a vehicle supported only by a jack. Always support the vehicle on safety stands.
Raise and support the vehicle.
2. Remove the transmission.
3. CAUTION: Do NOT use special tool 303-645, to prevent flexplate from rotating.
NOTE: Prevent the flexplate from rotating
Remove the torque converter flexplate.
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Remove the 8 bolts.
Installation
1. NOTE: Prevent the flexplate from rotating
Install the torque converter flexplate.
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Clean the component mating faces.
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Tighten the bolts evenly in 2 stages to the sequence shown.
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Tighten the bolts to 15 Nm (11 ft. lbs.).
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Tighten the bolts to 110 Nm (81 ft. lbs.).
2. Install the transmission.