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Your cart is empty.Vehicles with automatic transmissions have a flex plate. The flex plates connects the engine and transmission. Most flex plates are made of a thick piece of sheet metal with bolt holes for the torque converter and teeth for the starter. The job of a flex plate is to allow for expansion of the torque converter as engine RPM increases. The constant expansion and contraction of a flex plate over time can result cracks and/or shearing of the flex plate. A damaged flex plate can create serious (expensive) damage. Broken flex plates can not be repaired, they must be replaced. ATP flex plates are made of high quality steel and contain the correct bolt hole spacing and ring gear teeth just like the original part to ensure long life and durability
jeff
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2024
I liked that this item was an exact replacement and the only thing I didn't like was the installation
Jeff S
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2021
Perfect fit, no issues there. I didn’t use it. I installed a used one instead. I had concerns regarding the quality. The original part has double thickness in the center where the 6 bolt holes are. This is an area of tremendous stress where it is bolted to the motor. Ford welded on an added layer of metal, probably to regain some of the strength that putting six holes so close together compromised. However, this unbranded part does not have that second layer of metal in the center.The 4.0 liter Cologne engines are prone to completely sheer these flex plates into pieces... even with the added support that Ford figured was necessary. I wasn’t about to go through the trouble of installing a thinner, inferior flex plate to have to go through this again in 40,000 miles.
Dave Henry
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2020
Fit was perfect. Works great.
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