Changing a Engine Mount

[Gary406]

Im planning on changing my bottom engine mount,
do i need the whole bracket/mount/bush

or can i just replace the bush ??

[steve_earwig]

Just the bush (180917). Bear in mind all the agro Captain Jack had changing his in situ...

[Gary406]

never read his post ... what happened ?

[jasper5]

You only need buy the bush, but....you need to remove the drivers side driveshaft completely then remove the mounting bracket from the engine and take it to a garage/engineering company to have the old bush pressed out and the new bush pressed in, it will take a garage 10 minutes to fit a new bush.....DO NOT try to replace the bush on the car.

[Gary406]

cheers jasper, think that is a job out my leugue
i will leave it to the garage i think

[mjb]

You only need buy the bush, but....you need to remove the drivers side driveshaft completely then remove the mounting bracket from the engine and take it to a garage/engineering company to have the old bush pressed out and the new bush pressed in, it will take a garage 10 minutes to fit a new bush.....DO NOT try to replace the bush on the car.

It is possible to replace it in situ, but you do need to fabricate your own puller. You'll need a strong and long bolt that'll go through the bush, a couple of thick strips of hard metal like steel or iron which won't deform under pressure, with holes drilled for the bolt to pass through, and a couple of breaker bars or long ratchets. Welding the nut over the hole on one of the strips would help. I really struggled to do this off the car using a home-made half wood, half metal puller as wood is just too weak a material for this job...

Trying to get it done with a hammer, mole grips, pipe wrench, etc ain't even worth thinking about though

[adam03031980]

I replaced mine whilst everything was still on the car but you do need a really strong bolt and its very physically demanding not something i would be too enthusiastic about doing again as the mount has gone again