I took my 2000 Safair with allison transmission to get serviced. I had been getting a grinding occasionally on start and it was confirmed that teeth from the flexplate were missing in several locations which was causing the occasional grinding. The mechanic is checking to see if he can find a flexplate from CAT.
Anyone deal with this?
Going to be expensive, drop tranny, install etc....
Flexplate missing teeth
Flexplate missing teeth
John in Sonoma CA
'00 Safari Serengeti Ivory 3706 Front Door
Cat 3126 330HP / Allison MD3060
Magnum Air Ride chassis
Owner since 5/2021
'00 Safari Serengeti Ivory 3706 Front Door
Cat 3126 330HP / Allison MD3060
Magnum Air Ride chassis
Owner since 5/2021
Re: Flexplate missing teeth
Call some welding shops, they can fill in the missing teeth and then grind out the right profile.
Much much cheaper than a flex plate.
Much much cheaper than a flex plate.
Re: Flexplate missing teeth
i will check into that, the expensive part will be the pulling of the tranny...
John in Sonoma CA
'00 Safari Serengeti Ivory 3706 Front Door
Cat 3126 330HP / Allison MD3060
Magnum Air Ride chassis
Owner since 5/2021
'00 Safari Serengeti Ivory 3706 Front Door
Cat 3126 330HP / Allison MD3060
Magnum Air Ride chassis
Owner since 5/2021
Re: Flexplate missing teeth
Ya, I would only go new and from Caterpillar. The labor is the big issue, and a re-failure would be quite expensive.
Brett and Dianne Wolfe
Ex: 2003 Alpine 38'. Ex 1997 Safari Sahara. Ex 1993 Foretravel U240
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Ex: 2003 Alpine 38'. Ex 1997 Safari Sahara. Ex 1993 Foretravel U240
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Chairman, FMCA Technical Advisory Committee 2011- 2020
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Re: Flexplate missing teeth
Sorry, I forgot to mention they don’t pull the transmission. Either it’s done through the inspection hole or the starter is removed for more access.