#1: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: amsmith901, Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:21 am ---- Does any one have any advice for how to re insert the circular part of this engine mount back into the main frame?
#2: Re: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:22 am ---- You might get away with a vice but a press is best.
#3: Re: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: amsmith901, Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:24 am ---- Apologies, I should clarify, the main frame part is still on the car so we are trying to find solutions whereby we don't have to remove it from the car.
#4: Re: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:28 am ---- You can't. hub nut off, shaft out and then it can be fitted. Talking about £40 at a garage.
#5: Re: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: amsmith901, Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:30 am ---- sorry to be a pain, this is my first car that i'm trying to work on myself. How would I take the hub nut off?
#6: Re: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: usher, Location: northallertonPosted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:34 am ---- with a big socket think there 32mm
the other option is to butcher the origional one out and get a powerflex one which comes in 2 parts and is a 10 min job once the old one is out Last edited by usher on Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:35 am; edited 1 time in total
#7: Re: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: amsmith901, Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:34 am ---- Sorry I just meant the Hub. I can do the nut.
#8: Re: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:35 am ---- You need a breaker bar and the correct socket for the hub nut. Hub then needs taking off the ball joint to give space to slide the shaft out. Need some gearbox oil too to top the box up as some will spill out.
#9: Re: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: amsmith901, Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:36 am ---- Amazing, thank you so much. Will give that a go!
#10: Re: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: Deckchair5, Location: Bath UKPosted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:53 am ---- You only need to take the shaft out if you are replacing the whole bracket assembly. I changed a back mount last year, you just cut through the outer ring of the old one and push it out, clean up the face then just tap the new one in
#11: Re: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: amsmith901, Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:56 am ---- We've been trying for quite a while to tap it but have had no luck. Was there a special technique you used or is it just perseverance?
#12: Re: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: Deckchair5, Location: Bath UKPosted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:02 am ---- I just cleaned up the inner face, that's important, used some lub, made sure it's square to the hole and a suitable sized socket to knock it in. I even made up a threaded tool to go through the socket so I could pull it in if necessary but didn't need it.
You have got the right one haven't you? I only ask as there's a few different sizes.
If you're struggling you could put a chamfer on the leading edge and it really doesn't need to be that tight a fit in there as it isn't going anywhere once it's installed so you could rub down the mount outer ring surfaces
#13: Re: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: amsmith901, Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:42 am ---- Yeah, we're pretty sure its the right size. And we did try the chamfer route. We've started to take the mount off now, we've taken four bolts off, can't see any more and the thing doesn't seem to want to shift. Are we missing something?
#14: Re: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: Deckchair5, Location: Bath UKPosted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:55 am ---- I didn't have to remove mine but I would expect there to be a couple of dowels there for alignment which may be holding up removal
#15: Re: Rear Lower Engine Mount Author: V9977, Location: Athens, GreecePosted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 5:14 pm ----
amsmith901 wrote:
Yeah, we're pretty sure its the right size. And we did try the chamfer route. We've started to take the mount off now, we've taken four bolts off, can't see any more and the thing doesn't seem to want to shift. Are we missing something?
So have you removed the driveshaft and attached bearing which is in the bracket too? That would jam it.
I would be very interested how to do it without removing the whole thing as I have two that need doing at the moment and dreading it tbh.
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