Motor Mount Replacement. Thanks Gro
Posted: October 22nd, 2005, 7:01 pm
Well a while back I posted the problem of my front mount being busted. A lot of guys had some great tips and I chose to go with Gro's suggestion to go with AWR. I spoke to Tony from AWR and had the front mount for a Probe/Mx-6 sent to me. Something like 95 total for it shipped to me. And it was simple to install, by going with Gro's suggestion. The mount is urethane and bolts right in with very little modification. You need a 14mm socket and 17mm socket. Air ratchet would be a big help. First get the car up on ramps and undo your crossmembers.... AFTER YOU HAVE SUPPORTED YOUR ENGINE. use a hydraulic jack and some 2x4s and support under your oilpan. When removing the xmembers you must unbolt the front and rear motormounts bottom studs. This will make life much easier. You have to drill out the front mounting holes on the crossmember because your stock ones are only 14mm and the Probe uses 17mm. After that, just unbolt the front mount from the engine and install in reverse order. It literally took about 30-45 min to do the whole thing and what a difference. You can order a mount for the MX-3 through AWR but since I'm running a ze, I thought, and Tony (from AWR) agreed that using the larger studs of the Probe might be a good decision because of the horsepower difference. This is highly recommended as an alternative to filling your stock mounts or buying Mazdaspeed. I haven't checked with Tony about the three other engine mounts but if they have the front, they may have the others. The mx-3 mounts are not listed on their site but are available according to him.