Cheap Motor Mounts for the masses

This was done on my $2009 Challenge Civic.

Most people traditionally fill motor mounts in Hondas with PL premium or 3M poly roof adhesive. Depending on the type of Poly you buy it varies in stiffness.

You need:

-Hockey Pucks $1 Ea at any sporting goods store.

-Saws All to cut out the old bushing

-Propane torch to push out the old steel sleeves. Do this before you cut the old motor mount out

-PL Premium Roofing adhesive - $5. I like the PL stuff better then the 3M , it dries faster and seems to be stiffer.

WD40 - helps to push in the hockey pucks

Drill bits - Depending on size of steel Sleeve

Step 1) Heat up the steel sleeve in the motor mount until you can push it through with a screwdriver.. Be patient. Don't heat the rubber, just the steel sleeve

Use the saws all and cut out the center of the motor mount. try and get as much of the rubber out as you can.

Cut both hockey pucks on 1 side so their flat. Hose it down with WD 40 and use your Vice to Press it in.

Fill the center with PL Premium roofing adhesive and press in the other side using the vice. This will bond the pucks in .

Let it dry for 3 -4 hrs and drill out the center for the steel sleeve. Make sure you measure where the center is on the stocker before you cut it appart. While I used a drill bit on this one, I would suggest a stepped drill bit instead

Kick back and enjoy your Hi performance cheap motor mounts.

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Great idea!

Yup....

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Great use for the pucks!

maybe I am missing something.. but why not just use the torch to burn out the old bushings.. it's always fun when they expand and pop out

I just pour them full of urethane.

Vulcanized rubber is stiffer then urathane

Saws all-ing them out is so much cleaner then torching them. They are also ribbed, so fitting the saw in is easy...

The 80 Shore urethane is too stiff already. Takes a few weeks to "loosen up" enough so that you don't get a back massage every time you drive it. I think your solution is certainly interesting, and a good use for hockey pucks, but urethane works well for me.

I like it!

BUT:

Needs moar ways to make cheap solid aluminum mounts.

93celicaGT2 wrote: Needs moar ways to make cheap solid aluminum mounts.

http://backyardmetalcasting.com/

Another idea for cheap motor mounts. I used some motor mounts from a Dodge pickup (for example, look up an '82 Dodge W150 with 318) for the scratch-built electric motor mounts on the front of the Fiero. The Anchor part number is 2469. These mounts only cost $3 each from rockauto.com! They're pretty soft, which I am ok with on this application, and the price is unbeatable. They use two 1/2" studs on flat faces, so they're really easy to work with, and they have a hook design to keep the mount from coming completely apart if the rubber fails.

This works well if you're starting with nothing and want something simple and robust. Obviously, if you're trying to stiffen up captured mounts like the Honda stuff above, then the above method makes much more sense.

Bryce

I see Darth over on realfierotech.com uses these in his swaps.. good tip!

While I'm threadjacking, another cheap soft-rubber one that I have used with success is Anchor part 2396. It's a dogbone style. For an application, ask for a torque strut mount for an '89 Pontiac 6000 2.5L. rockauto.com has them for $4 each. This is what it looks like:

Going from memory, the center to center distance is something around 6 or 7 inches.

Bryce

American ingenuity in action!!

HMM...My wifes Altima needs a rightside upper mount. I will have to look at it and see if I can do this with it.

wow thats brilliant!