Re: Front Motor Mount

Posted by George (Chris) Sprotte on September 09, 1997 at 17:58:59

In Reply to: Re: Front Motor Mount
posted by Rick Black on September 02, 1997 at 12:43:09

: My suggestion is to find an original front motor mount with a nice, straight threaded stud.You may need to rethread it, but if it's nice and straight, it will last you a lifetime.
: Foreign-made reproduction parts are seldom worth using, IMHO of course.I've had nothing but trouble with ANY reproduction mechanical part I've tried to use.
: Finding the original stuff is harder and takes longer, but in the end, your car will run better and work better.The only time I'd recommend getting a repro is if you're car has broken down and you need to get it going.
: Don't get me wrong; there are some excellent reproduction parts, but you gotta check them out one at a time 'cuz they're NOT all as good as ol' Henry made 'em.
:I agree with the above solutions. The most important thing in putting this part back together, is to be sure that the hole in the front crossmember is still in center. If it is worn out of round and not on center, you cannot get everything that is dependent on the mount to track true. I usually take a piece of flat aluminumabout .030 and clamp it under the crossmember and take measurements from side to side for center and split the difference front to rear in the valley of the member by scribing the cross lines through the worn hole and taking a compass, circumscribe a new area that will clean up on the member and use a rat tail file and open it up to have a perfectly concentric hole again. THEN, you make a new brass or teflon bushing to fit the new hole diameter for the stud to go through and using the springs as required, tighten per the service bulletins. You may suddenly realize an engine vibration or a brake shimmy will have gone away and that the steering seems more positive. If one were to look under the car you would see two triangles formed by the wishbone to the tranny and front axle and the front motor mount to the rear motor mounts. With both triangles in their proper locations, the rest of the dependent mechanisms will now work in the properly designed harmony that Henry required. Need any more data, E-mail me or call me.
George (Chris) Sprotte, the Montana Shock Man

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