[Re: How to have longer lasting motor mounts.]

[rocco16v@netzero.net (L F)]

NO wonder the mount didn't last.....using a rear mount on the front indeed!
Next time use a front mount on the front.....:)

Larry



I'll add a data point. Replacing the front mount with a known bad rear mount
will rip the front one up in short order. Mine lasted a week,no doubt
terminated by some of Denny's drag launches. The new one has lasted so far,
with all four being replaced around the same time. (front and back are TT
hard
rubber units) Cathy

Allyn <amalventano1@comcast.net> wrote:
as a data point (rieger):
early last year, new rubber mounts all around except for a poly front, no
splitting anywhere, and thats with some hard driving/auto-x/even burnouts at
waterfest last year (i did em behind the hotel, before everyone started
gathering on the strip). no vibration at all, even with the poly front.
also,
the rieger is a daily, so it gets decent miles put on it. i recently put a
vw
motorsports mount on the rear, made things a bit rough. i may go back to
stock
if it keeps making my rear view mirror vibrate.
as far as diesel mounts go, i dont think they are any different than the
stock
mounts anymore. didnt they all get combined into one mount part #?
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "T Berk" <tberk@mindspring.com>
To: "T Berk" <tberk@mindspring.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 12:06 PM
Subject: How to have longer lasting motor mounts.


> ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "T Berk" <tberk@mindspring.com>
> > > Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 11:43 AM
> > > Subject: Re: pass side engine mount change & injector seals
> > >
> > > Early, early Rabbits and Mk1 Sciroccos came with a smaller diamet
motor
> > > mount. Later units (like my 81) and all Mk2s, iiinc 16v use the same
> > > mounts.
> > >
> > > It would be great to retrofit a larger but not too hard mount. Perhaps
> > > the best choise in this inbetween ange of coomort vs performance vs
> > > longevity = eurathane filled stock mount.
> > >
> > > This is were folks pour liquid eurothane (or some other stuff) into
the
> > > mount and let it set up. Makes it stiffer yet still pliable. There are
> > > also premade iinserts to be had, but neither kind have I tried yet.
But
> > > will next motor pull.
> > >
> > > TBerk
> > >
> >
> > Scirocco-Al wrote:
> >
> > I've got them in mine.  The mounts are going on 7 years of age and they
are
> > still fine.  Vibration is a little more but not bad.  Nothing like the
rear
> > urethane mounts.
> >
>
>
> So, I tear up mounts like crazy, esp the front mount.  It's gotten me to
> thinking I might have bent brackets of something, up to including a
> misaligned motor putting stress on the mounts. I put in stock units from
> Virtual world, including a TT front mount but it still splits.
>
> Now I'm not one for hard launches, lest you think I am dropping the
> hammer and what else is to be expected.
>
> How's about we focus on 'the best setup for motor mounts' as subjective
> as this seems.
>
> I'll start off with Diesel mounts augmented on Drivers' & Passengers'
> sides with the inserts mentioned above, Front made from rubber, rear
> Heavy Duty but no all-poly anywhere.
>
> Thems me thinks on it,
> TBerk
>
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