rear engine mount

puggy · Post by **puggy** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:08 pm

anyone had one of these go recently or know what the
symptoms are like before they go

Molly's Dad · Post by **Molly's Dad** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:56 am

I did this job last year and it was much easier than I expected! It took me only a couple of hours and cost £14.86 for the bush (part no 180930 and called a 'flexible bush') from the dealers. I think factors like GSF sell them for half that.

Haynes tells you to remove the halfshaft and the casting to change the bush, but I just sawed through the rubber/steel bush (being careful not to cut into the alloy casting), then tapped it out with a drift. I pressed the new bush in using a home made puller (a large nut and bolt and 2 pieces of flat steel). Hope this helps.

puggy · Post by **puggy** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:03 am

thanks for that MD very helpful , what made you suspect the
mount in the first place

Post by **Welly** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:28 pm

My rear mount gas gone. I noticed it when I did the oil change, the rubber contact points in the bush had torn through allowing more engine movement.

The symptoms are a bit more engine movement (like when you rev it from idle). Some juddering on take off. And some vibration when the car 'crests' a hill under load and takes the wieght off the mount for a second.

It's not good to have too much engine movement though because it can pull on your hoses/wires a bit too much.

puggy · Post by **puggy** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:35 pm

thanks for that welly, sounds very much like mine especially when

i start it, was sure it never used to rock that much

Molly's Dad · Post by **Molly's Dad** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:51 pm

My symptoms were much like Welton's, but I also noticed that the gearstick was moving around alot more than it used to when accelerating/deaccelerating in traffic. Like Welton, I spotted the cause of the problem while doing an oil change - the 2 rubber webs connecting the bush centre to the outer rim had almost cracked right through.

puggy · Post by **puggy** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:11 pm

thanks welly and MD very informative, and the bit about the gear stick

moving is also happening in mine . I also get a tingling vibration when i

place my left foot on the rest by the clutch pedal , methinks it wants

changing

Post by **Welly** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:01 am

puggy wrote: I also get a tingling vibration when i place my left foot on the rest by the clutch pedal

Perhaps your Doctor could help here?

puggy · Post by **puggy** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:28 pm

steady on now welly

Mutts · Post by **Mutts** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:38 pm

Great post guys

. I have a shot rear mount...(not the wife) and wernt looking forward to taking my shafts out (fna fna). I will try the modded way. I was thinking of modding it and use a piston type damper