X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imr-ma06.mx.aol.com ([64.12.78.142] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTP id 5083909 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:08:26 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.78.142; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from mtaomg-ma03.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaomg-ma03.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.41.10]) by imr-ma06.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id p76D7m4G019722 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 09:07:48 -0400 Received: from core-mob003a.r1000.mail.aol.com (core-mob003.r1000.mail.aol.com [172.29.194.201]) by mtaomg-ma03.r1000.mx.aol.com (OMAG/Core Interface) with ESMTP id 8E596E000085 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 09:07:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 09:07:48 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Flex plate cracks To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_bad5.5fd61218.3b6e96a4_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 9.6 sub 5004 X-AOL-IP: 173.88.24.45 X-Originating-IP: [173.88.24.45] x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:378781216:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d290a4e3d3ca444f0 --part1_bad5.5fd61218.3b6e96a4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It is typical in junk yards to remove engines and leave them sitting on the flywheel or flex plate. Left on the flywheel just endangers the rear thrust bearing and thrust plate. Sitting on the flex plate does that plus bends the flex plate. Bent flex plates have been mistreated. A specialty yard that knows about flex plates and rotaries might do much better than conventional yards. Nobody buys an engine to get the flex plate. If you buy an automatic engine you already have a flex plate and will discard the bent flex plate, or sell it on Ebay.......................right? Lynn E. Hanover --part1_bad5.5fd61218.3b6e96a4_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

It is typical in junk yards to remove engines and leave them sitting o= n the=20 flywheel or flex plate. Left on the flywheel just endangers the rear thrust= =20 bearing and thrust plate.

Sitting on the flex plate does that plus bends the flex plate. Bent fl= ex=20 plates have been mistreated. A specialty yard that knows about flex pl= ates=20 and rotaries might do much better than conventional yards.

Nobody buys an engine to get the flex plate. If you buy an automatic e= ngine=20 you already have a flex plate and will discard the bent flex plate, or sell= it=20 on Ebay.......................right?

Lynn E. Hanover

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