Motor Mounts

[SinisterSHO]

Which ones typically need to be replaced? Car has a vibration on acceleration, and I'm guessing the bad mounts didn't help my exhaust any. I see W Body store has all of them for like 130 bucks, but how common is it to really need all of them?

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[daturbosix]

bad mounts could be the reason your exhaust broke?!

i would just do them all

 

[SinisterSHO]

Motor move too much, exhaust not move enough, plus rust? I'm sure it wasn't the only reason, but I'm sure it didn't help.

 

[torquelover]

Just replace them all. I have been through this on another transverse mounted FWD car. For me the lower trans mount always seemed the worst, but the other two weren't much better either.

 

[RICH17]

Do them all IMO

 

[SinisterSHO]

How long does replacing them all usually take, anyone know..?

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

id have to say honestly i see the motor mount fails 3 times as often as the trans.

all that iron is much heavier than cast aluminum but it doesnt take much for the hydraulic fluid to find a path to leak out as the mount flexes fore and aft

"solid" mounts are usually just hollow (unfilled) or water filled so just get the cheapest deal on a motor and trans mount and fill em with urethane if you never wanna touch em again

 

[RICH17]

Changing them is not bad. Gotta lift the motor about 2 inches I would say.

 

[Mike K]

Changing them all is easy. The engine mount fails most often, followed by the trans mount. The dogbones will get loose but never really fail. Still, good to replace them eventually. So basically everything James said.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Changing them all is easy. The engine mount fails most often, followed by the trans mount. The dogbones will get loose but never really fail. Still, good to replace them eventually. So basically everything James said.

It's not easy on a lowered turbo car... Jacking up the one side plants the downpipe into the brake booster. [MENTION=98]smug[/MENTION] and I thought we broke the fuck out of my car

 

[smug]

It's not easy on a lowered turbo car... Jacking up the one side plants the downpipe into the brake booster. [MENTION=98]smug[/MENTION] and I thought we broke the fuck out of my car

I totally remember that!

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

when jacking off of the motor and trans make sure you use a 2x4 or 6 etc board that is long enough to go across both edges of both pans to keep from smashing in the pan

 

[1quick]

"when jacking off"

 

[Euro]

That reminds me, I need to order the set.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

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