motor mount quandry (is that the right word?<<)

JWMX3 · Post by **JWMX3** » February 15th, 2005, 7:11 pm

is it possible to remove the rubber out from the metal bracket ?

I have 2 front motor mounts and one has a damaged bracket and the other has a good bracket with cracked rubber..... i wanted to take the rubber from one and put it in other bracket.... but for some reason im doubting i'll get the answer im looking for

lakersfan1 · Post by **lakersfan1** » February 15th, 2005, 7:28 pm

JWMX3 · Post by **JWMX3** » February 15th, 2005, 8:15 pm

shocking

off to the wreakers...

yvan · Post by **yvan** » February 15th, 2005, 10:03 pm

yes, u can.. i have done it so so many time at work.. get a bearing or ball joint press, find the right adaptor, and bingo.. press that old nasty rubber bushing out. but i think you're better off getting new one..still its only a matter of finding the right adaptor. go here for all your tools needs professional or not, this is the best place to buy professional tool http://thetoolwarehouse.net/shop/TTW300.html

ccreech · Post by **ccreech** » February 16th, 2005, 8:43 am

How about polly filling the cracked one????????

JWMX3 · Post by **JWMX3** » February 16th, 2005, 5:14 pm

yvan - thanks for the reply,, i will look into that for sure

ccreech-- i was gonna fill the mounts anyways but i cant do the cracked one because its too bad,, the whole center where the through bolt goes is almost falling right out

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » February 16th, 2005, 6:47 pm

two of my 4 mounts were cracked completely in half and I still was able to fill them and they've been holding up fine. Just make sure you don't do a half-azzed job of filling them if you do decide to reuse yours

JWMX3 · Post by **JWMX3** » February 16th, 2005, 7:00 pm

Gro Harlem wrote:two of my 4 mounts were cracked completely in half and I still was able to fill them and they've been holding up fine. Just make sure you don't do a half-azzed job of filling them if you do decide to reuse yours

thanks Gro, I'm gonna give that a shot ... now i just need to get some 3m windo weld from NAPA

exciting times... i wish i had 2 mx3's to work on

Zoso124 · Post by **Zoso124** » February 17th, 2005, 11:32 am

And do a little at a time, if you totally fill one up it will never dry or will weeks later. Ya I know its a PITA cause you need your car back, but when I did Barry's I pumped them full and then stuck them in the oven for 8 hours and the insides were still soft. I guess you can hope they harden up on the car but you might squeeze it out before it has a chance to harden fully.

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » February 18th, 2005, 1:54 am

and buy a reinforced caulking gun, not some cheapass 2 dollar one. I bent the one i bought in half b/c the urethane is hard to squeeze out.

ALso, put the urethane tube in a sink full of hot water for a few minutes so it flows better, makes it SO much easier

And yeah, don't fill them up at once. I did mine 1/3rds at a time and let them dry 24 hours between filling them again. I left them next to my heat register on the floor so they'd dry overnight.