Re: Pass. Motor mount AGAIN??

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Shawn C. Meze wrote:
> 
> 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...)
> 
> 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:
> 

Hmmm,  Does it have to be exactly aligned in the carrier?  I am pretty
sure that it was in the right way.  I compared to old the the new 
(I got the carrier and mount new) and they looked the same.  Unless
the mount was replaced befor (highly doubt it) and they put it in 
upside down.  As for the other mounts,  I replaced the rear when
I did the pass side, and I just installed a TT front mount a
few days ago (very nice!).  I'll just have to decide which side
mount I want to get now, and thanks to all the info you gave me
I can make a good decision =')  

Thanks!
Etrik
http://activated.virtualscope.com/ertik
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