Quote: Originally posted by Fred2001Dynamic on 02 September 2005
no??? but thats what we were planning on doing!!!!!
its on standard monts at the moment = a bit crap
http://www.eroticon6.co.uk/images/mount.jpg
Out top mount just got ripped apart eventually, a better solution seems to be the original top mount but replacing the rubber bush with something a bit stiffer. Even worse though; if you look in the above pic to the left of the top left bolt the welds have started to pull apart and the bit of body where the top engine mount fastens was pulling apart from the chassis.
http://www.eroticon6.co.uk/images/weld.jpg
This is under the wheel arch where the spot welds on the inner wing have all gone.
Also the subframe was cracked in 2 places; basically it had shaken the whole thing apart.
You may be fine though; I really doubt that your car will get as much stress and punishment through it. We should have really seam welded the shell before doing anything really, but we were rushed so didnt bother. Maybe the mounts were just too stiff and needed just a little bit of give in them.
Anyway, fixed all the damage, welded it all up and the car was out last weekend....... where it has probably stripped the splines on the gearbox output shaft