MX-3.com

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

no

shocking

off to the wreakers...

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.