It's just trash, those spokes don't do anything, that's just an old style gasket and the spokes helped locate the center gasket, it was kinda two made in one.
Cool! I ordered it off amazon. Paid double what it would have cost at the auto store or summit but it will be here tomorrow :thumbsup::thankyou:
Ps- as always this place is just full of people who I wish lived in Las Vegas, but you would all probably get a restraining order on me to keep me from coming over and picking your brains :rofl: