Killed another engine mount....

Jul 11, 2005 7 Replies
M

Damn, but it is hard to bitch about having too much traction....



My 33x9.5 BFG muds just don't spin, so they put amazing stresses on my engine mounts, wheel locking hubs and u-joints.



I blew a hub earlier this spring and just found two new bolts snapped off in it so I have to pull it and try to get the stubs out.



Then the muffler shop was crying about a bad engine mount so I looked and sure enough I had just shattered the sucker.



I didn't tear the metal off the rubber pad, I shattered the metal!



I have lost count, but I think that is the 4th or 5th blown mount over 5 or 6 years.



Oh well, 'you play you pay' as they say and we sure had/have fun breaking it....



:-)



Mike



86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
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N

These are stock mounts, yes? Does M.O.R.E. or anyone else make something for your CJ that might not break? n.

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R

Yeah they do.

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But strengthen your motor mounts and what breaks next? Hopefully a u-joint.

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L

Just thinking aloud here: I wonder if there might not be a useful "fuse" effect at work here. If Mike finds stronger motor mounts and installs them the next weakest link will break when he beats on his Jeep. The next weakest link might not be so friendly.

Nathan Otis wrote:

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M

That is one reason I haven't considered a solid mount. As it is I am tearing my frame to shreds and having a mount that won't give or flex is a good way to break something really expensive. A mount every couple years isn't too bad.

Mike

Lee Ayrt>

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L

Didn't old-timey stock car builders install chain restraints on motor mounts? Or am I making that part up?

Mike Roma> That is one reason I haven't considered a solid mount. As it is I am

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M

Nope, you are remembering right. Mine has a safety bar across the bottom as well as over stress latches on the mounts so if the rubber tears, the engine can't lift out or fall out. Now with a shattered mount like this last one, that bottom bar could be useful....

Mike

Lee Ayrt>

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