# Starter Gear/Flexpate teeth

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [January 27, 2012, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-gear-flexpate-teeth/262475 "2012-01-27T09:59:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![xfinite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b9bd4f/32.png) [@xfinite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xfinite)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/starter-gear-flexpate-teeth/262475/3 "2012-01-27T10:13:55Z")

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> [@PS3 + GTAIV ???](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ps3-gtaiv/47879/69):
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> Not true at all , starters teeth bend easily . Flexplates typically break off as there brittle .

Thanks dude! That’s what I thought. Got into a disagreement with a co-worker over this. I wasn’t 100% sure. Pretty sure I’ve seen you post before that you are a tech right? That’ll help when I tell him he’s wrong (petty argument…but the dude is a douche).

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