Hi all,

I have just noticed a steady clicking noise coming from between engine and transmission. Mostly while in park and seems to be less noticeable while driving as speed increases. Suspect a problem with flex plate. Does anyone have recommendations on where to obtain replacement flex Plate? Not much showed up on a websearch. 2000 Ram 2500 V10 (Auto).

Thanks kindly!

 

Should be able to find them just about any parts store, or, the dealer. (of course, the dealer is going to think they are made of gold, and, charge accordingly.....) Jegs or Summit should have them as well. Not to mention Rock Auto.

 

Thanks for the reply. I had already checked Jegs, Summit and Rock Auto websites for Flex Plate availability. Nothing seemed to come up for the 2000 Ram 2500 with the V10 engine. ��

 

Mopar part number is 52118473. Seems its discontinued from a lot of places, although, I did find one on EBAY.....

 

Thanks for the Mopar part number. I haven't found anything that matches so far. Several come up matching for the Cummins diesel but not the same part number. Can anyone confirm if the flex plate is the same for the diesel as the V10? Transmission is 47RE. Thanks!

 

Here's one. Not cheap though..... most I found were in the neighborhood of 200 bucks, but, they were also discontinued/outofstock/wedon'thaveone deals......

I get conflicting information though... One site seems to think this part fits ANY engine that came in the rams... From the v-6, to the v-10, including the diesel..... I find that rather difficult to believe.....

 

Yep. That's the one although that site now also says "out of stock".
I did have more success going through some of the "used truck parts" web sites, so I'm pretty sure I can find a used one if needed. Mechanic is going to do a tranny diagnosis on Wednesday so I'll know for sure what is needed then. To complicate matters, I spent another half an hour under the truck today checking for rattle noises and I found a pretty good rattle in the catalytic converters. It's possible that is what I was hearing all along but I'm still going to have the tranny checked to make sure I don 't have a flex plate /torque converter issue. Thanks again for the help. Much appreciated.

 

If the noise doesn't get appreciably louder under heavy acceleration, it's probably not a cracked flex plate.

 

Thanks. Higher rpm doesn't seem to make the noise significantly worse so perhaps it's just the cats then. I can definitely hear them rattling, especially when I pulse the throttle in park.

 

That seems likely. Under load an otherwise unrestrained converter would move rearward, so if you've got a cracked flex plate that's unable to arrest that motion you'll hear the converter bolts banging into things, and harder under heavier load. At lower load levels, before the converter gets too close to the transmission, you'll hear either nothing at all or a clicking as the opposite sides of the crack scrub against one another. At greater load levels, the front pump drive gear will be driven into and will eat the rear shell half of the front pump and send the shorn metal into the expensive parts behind it.

It's really unusual to see a cracked flex plate within a housing that hasn't been unbolted from the engine recently. The quantity of torque required to break a properly installed flex plate would be truly astonishing and far beyond the capacity of your factory drivetrain.

I'd bet a dollar that it's not the flex plate.