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Killed another engine mount....
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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These are stock mounts, yes? Does M.O.R.E. or anyone else make something for
your CJ that might not break? n. "Mike Romain" > wrote in message ... > 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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Yeah they do.
http://www.mountainoffroad.com/catal.../bombproof.htm But strengthen your motor mounts and what breaks next? Hopefully a u-joint. "Nathan Otis" > wrote in message ... > These are stock mounts, yes? Does M.O.R.E. or anyone else make something > for your CJ that might not break? > n. > > "Mike Romain" > wrote in message > ... >> 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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Just thinking aloud he 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: > These are stock mounts, yes? Does M.O.R.E. or anyone else make something for > your CJ that might not break? > n. > > "Mike Romain" > wrote in message > ... > >>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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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 Ayrton wrote: > > Just thinking aloud he 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: > > These are stock mounts, yes? Does M.O.R.E. or anyone else make something for > > your CJ that might not break? > > n. > > > > "Mike Romain" > wrote in message > > ... > > > >>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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Didn't old-timey stock car builders install chain restraints on motor
mounts? Or am I making that part up? Mike Romain wrote: > 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 Ayrton wrote: > >>Just thinking aloud he 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: >> >>>These are stock mounts, yes? Does M.O.R.E. or anyone else make something for >>>your CJ that might not break? >>>n. >>> >>>"Mike Romain" > wrote in message ... >>> >>> >>>>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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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 Ayrton wrote: > > Didn't old-timey stock car builders install chain restraints on motor > mounts? Or am I making that part up? > > Mike Romain wrote: > > 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 Ayrton wrote: > > > >>Just thinking aloud he 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: > >> > >>>These are stock mounts, yes? Does M.O.R.E. or anyone else make something for > >>>your CJ that might not break? > >>>n. > >>> > >>>"Mike Romain" > wrote in message > ... > >>> > >>> > >>>>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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Hi Lee,
All motor mounts from the early seventies on are made to interlocked so they still hold the engine from flopping over. Forties years ago we would regularly hear of a car starting off in reverse and because the engine with a broken left mount would flop to the right under torque jamming the throttle wide open, sending the old Buick dynaflow at sixty miles an hour in reverse. Last one I remember went straight through a motel. http://members.cox.net/douglas.wilson/motormount/ God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ Lee Ayrton wrote: > > Didn't old-timey stock car builders install chain restraints on motor > mounts? Or am I making that part up? |
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