Motor Mounts broken

[HotRodV6]

Well i recently bought a non running Ty that ws a theft recovery and yesterday i took ti around the block for the first time, and noticed it had a broken driver side motor mount and the steering is very loose, the idler and pitman are are completly wasted.

Well thats easy enough to fix, but iwas wondering about the motor mounts, it seem ive heard of a few folks melting the poly mounts, so i was thinking about just going with the Solid moun ts, but wanted to know if anyody sells a soild trans mount for our trucks?

I read that if you dont run a solid trans mount with your solid motor mounts you will crack the trans case?? Has anybody tried this? Maybe use the poly trans mount and soild motor mounts??????????

I know this is one of thise PITA jobs and i only want to do it once.


TIA.

 

[JSM]

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I have been using solids with poly tranny for a lot of years now. Never had any tranny issues or cracking.

 

[HotRodV6]

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Yeah i think this the way im going to go also. I dont want to worry about melting a mount and haveing to replace it again.

Now just the decision on whos frame pads to use???

Maybe ill start a thread.................................LOL, im just kidding.

 

[canadian]

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Go with solids. I don't think there have been any complaints that the idle is too rough with them compared to stock/poly ones. Just have lots of time to do it. I have a set of solids waiting to go in, just don't have a whole lot of free time to do it.

Eric sells them at http://www.turbotime.us/ and I think there are instructions floating around the net somewhere.

 

[HotRodV6]

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Yup thats what im going to do, soild motor mounts and poly trans mount, and im just waiting for the parts to come in the mail, and then the real fun begins.

 

[VermontTy]

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Yup thats what im going to do, soild motor mounts and poly trans mount, and im just waiting for the parts to come in the mail, and then the real fun begins.

you'll want to shoot yourself in the face by the end of that motor mount swap job. Make your life a little easier; remove the bolts from both CV shafts and separate them from the front diff. and pull the propshaft. Then pull a mounting bolt on the drivers side and one from the passengers side of the front diff; I forget exactly what two I pulled, but I think it was the rears; it allowed you swing the diff down away from the frame pads so you can get your little friggin' 15mm wrench under the pads to tighten the bolts. Get a stubby 15mm wrench, and maybe a crappy 15mm that you can put in a vise and bend like a pretzel to help you.

 

[HotRodV6]

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Yeah i think thats what im going to do, thansk for the advice. Im not looking forward to this job at all.

 

[mmp142965]

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I just did mine with solid mounts and a poly trans mount. idles very smooth, I like it a lot. Ive got a bunch of pics in my sig if you need a reference. I took the front axle out completely, kinda like what vermont ty said. let me know if you get stuck.

 

[HotRodV6]

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Yeah i think im going to take out the front diff also and replace the busings with some poly ones while im in there, and i also need to replace the idler and pitman arm at the same time, so im going to be busy that weekend.

 

[HotRodV6]

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I just did mine with solid mounts and a poly trans mount. idles very smooth, I like it a lot. Ive got a bunch of pics in my sig if you need a reference. I took the front axle out completely, kinda like what vermont ty said. let me know if you get stuck.[/QUOTE


Wow, i wish i had a lift to do this work on, i bet it wouldnt be as hard.

Ok, i just looked at most of the pics you took, and from start to finish how long did it take you??

 

[mmp142965]

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I did it in 2 days. The hardest part was R&R the sway bar. Its still not on right, I'm going to fix that this weekend. Keep in mind the 2 days included the entire front suspension/steering as well as the motor mounts, and I was taking my time. Its no fun if you're in a hurry! The lift was a big help, I dont think i'd attempt this job on the driveway, unless the truck could be there for a week. good luck:tup:

special tools i needed were an axle nut socket (36mm i think), ball joint romover, tie rod end remover, and a pitman arm puller. Autozone has em to loan for free. Also the star bit socket for the prop shaft if they are factory bolts.

 

[Silly]

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Yup thats what im going to do, soild motor mounts and poly trans mount, and im just waiting for the parts to come in the mail, and then the real fun begins.

Can you please shoot me a PM with the part number for the solid mounts?

I jsut got mine delivered today and wanted to verify I ordered the right thing. Thanks

 

[mmp142965]

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Can you please shoot me a PM with the part number for the solid mounts?

I jsut got mine delivered today and wanted to verify I ordered the right thing. Thanks

62500... should be them? they are just small block chevy mounts.

 

[Silly]

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hmmm I got 62530 I am going to have to look up the difference... summit swears they will work but i doubted them to begin with

 

[VermontTy]

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you got hosed......the inside width is off.

62500/62560 - 2 1/2"
62510/62570 - 2 3/8"
62530 - 2 5/8"
62515 - 2 3/8"

 

[Silly]

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Figured as much and told them that but the three different people I spoke with told me I was wrong there... I am on hold with them now to let them have it

 

[Silly]

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They are refunding my money and sending me the proper ones today. Thanks for the help guys.

 

[mmp142965]

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Thats whats so great about the syty venders. You don't have to worry about that. I got mine from turbotime about the same price as Summit or Jegs.

 

[VermontTy]

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They are refunding my money and sending me the proper ones today. Thanks for the help guys.

Thats whats so great about the syty venders. You don't have to worry about that. I got mine from turbotime about the same price as Summit or Jegs.

 

[Silly]

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Thats whats so great about the syty venders. You don't have to worry about that. I got mine from turbotime about the same price as Summit or Jegs.

Yeah that was the plan... sent him an email on the 23rd lookin to order them as well as some other parts. Still haven't heard back so I went elsewhere.