Re: Pass. Motor mount AGAIN??

[trnsfrma@ix.netcom.com (Shawn C. Meze)]

At 01:04 AM 7/11/97 -0400, you wrote:
>This is very odd,  I just replaced the passenger side mount on my
>87 16v a little more than 3000 miles ago and it seems to be sagging
>already??  I don't beat the car and the mount was supposed to be
>a Heavy Duty one?  My question is could the drivers side mount be
>bad, causing the pass mount to go?  

Thats exactly what it sounds like. You replaced only one bad mount 
forcing the new mount to do all the work, wearing it out extremely 
prematurely from the sound of it. Check all of the motort mounts, I 
chances are good they all need replacing.
Also if you didnt have the eng/trans aligned properly that could also 
cause some additional wear on the mount but in this case, very 
unlikely. (Basically the eng/trans self align themselves in the car 
anyways.) 
I have been told that you can install a motor mount up side down into 
the housing. I guess the rubber support tab needs to be at a certain 
location on the mount. Im not sure where its soposed to go but thats 
the roumor mill as told to me by Walter Quidd. (As he was rumaging 
through my used parts...) 


>Well either way, it looks like 
>I am gonna be doing the job again ='(.  Also does anyone have any
>exp. with poly pass mount?  I remember someone on the list has
>a VW motorsport mount,  whats it like? how much did it cost?


You might not like the Poly mount. Then again, it might be the very 
ticket you wanted! Its very firm and transmits alot of vibration and 
sound into the rest of the car. I have the front TT motor mount. Its 
nice, firms up the engine movoment for me over the softer stock front 
snubby mount. VW motorsports mounts are firmer, nicer and are kind of 
expensive too. The trans side mount doesnt get much wear according to 
the Potterman. So that makes me think that the passenger side mount and 
the rear tranny mount should be VW motorsports mounts. The front maybe 
a TT mount and the passenger side stock. Piecing it together might be a 
little cheaper than buying the whole VW motorsports mounts. (Might not 
too!) 
I just sorta proved Mikes theory about the trans mount. Autotech doesnt 
even list a tranny side mount in their catalog. So, once again it 
sounds like Guru Mike is right. Here is what I found in my catalogs for 
you:

Autotech:
front mount (poly only) $16.30
side motor mount. $16.95
rear trans mount $39.95

TT:
front mount $15.00
side motor mount. $24.00
rear trans mount $32.00
Whole kit as a set $80.00

Velocity:
VW Motorsport front mnt $12.95.  Poly $12.95   
Side motor mount. $19.95 Poly$14.95.  8V OEM $19.95. 16V OEM $34.95
VW Motorsport rear trans mount $29.95. Poly $24.95.  OEM $19.95

Push comes to shove, call the Potterman and see what kind of deal he 
can work for you.
HTH!

Shawn
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