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  • Holy crap! Broken motor mount!

    Looks like I busted the driver side motor mount pretty good. The top bolt sheared off with half of it still in the block and the other half sitting next to me. The bottom bolt looks like it couldn't take the load and stripped out the hole. Now the engine is sitting on the front crossmember (mostly the oil pan), leaning toward the driver side and it vibrates the hell out of the car when driving. Anyone have any idea what I'm looking to get this fixed? I don't even know where to take it.

    [ February 17, 2003: Message edited by: PiLOTLiTE ]</p>

  • #2
    ouch that sucks man. I think you will need to pull the engine to fix it. You might be able to fix it in the bay but it will be one hell of a time. I would start calling shops in your area asking if they would do it. If it were me I would rent or buy a cheery picker and do the work over the weekend. Thats like a dream weekend for me. Me+Car+beer=fun

    [ February 18, 2003: Message edited by: bu-bye ]</p>
    White 98 Camaro with t-tops leather and Y87. For more info on mods just ask.<br />1/4=14.9<br />2002 Xterra V6 A4

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    • #3
      Man, I don't think I want to be lifting the motor out of the car myself. Its my daily driver and I can't have it down for more than a few days. Better leave this one to the pros. If anyone else has input I'd love to hear it.

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      • #4
        I don't know how different it is, but for most cars you can hoist the engine into position, pull out the old mount and drop in another one... seems simple enough to me... but you should stop driving it until it is fixed... no ride for a couple days is better then no ride ever again... it's always best to fix things immediately.
        Black \'97 Camaro RS <a href=\"http://chillcat.fortunecity.net/blahblah.html\" target=\"_blank\">See Pics</a> 3.8L, 5 Spd, Disc Rear, Hurst short shifter, MAF Screen Removed, RK Sport Headers, 3\" Cat, 3\" FM American Thunder Catback, Compcams .512/.507, (2x)275/40/17 Khumo 712(front) (2x)285/40/17 Good Year F1 GS-D3 (back).

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        • #5
          Hey I'm just wondering... are 1LE sway bars really 32 and 21mm? That's what my car has... are these the biggest swaybars available on 4th gen camaros?

          It don't matter much to me though, I got a set of 36/25 in my firebird that I'm swapping out this summer... I would have thought though that they'd gone to bigger swaybars by now.

          [ February 18, 2003: Message edited by: ChillPhatCat ]</p>
          Black \'97 Camaro RS <a href=\"http://chillcat.fortunecity.net/blahblah.html\" target=\"_blank\">See Pics</a> 3.8L, 5 Spd, Disc Rear, Hurst short shifter, MAF Screen Removed, RK Sport Headers, 3\" Cat, 3\" FM American Thunder Catback, Compcams .512/.507, (2x)275/40/17 Khumo 712(front) (2x)285/40/17 Good Year F1 GS-D3 (back).

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          • #6
            The mount seems to be okay, its the holes that it bolts to in the block i think are screwed.

            And i think they make a 35/25 sway bar combo. 1LEs are 32/21

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