"Tinkerntom" wrote in message
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I should also know better than to try responding to a sideways post, in
the middle of the night, after a long day of working on a broken down
car. I broke a motor mount with collateral damage on the way home
Friday. I had thoughts of even getting to the lake this weekend, and
that all changed in a loud bang and then some very nasty grinding
sounds.

What kind of car did you break a mount in, that caused other problems? I had
not broken one in many years after having an early 70s Chrysler that ate
them for breakfast. Until recently, that is, when my wife's Bonneville
(since traded for a Jeep) broke the front one. It had the same problem as
that early Chrysler. There was no limiter to keep the rubber from
over-extending. On many others in between these 2 cars I noticed that they
had a lip that would prevent over extension and then if the rubber did break
it would prevent collateral damage by keeping the engine from moving beyond
the limits of other components. I think the engineers either forget the
lessons learned or they are so hard pressed to save money, space and weight
that they make sacrifices. Rubber holding hundreds of ft/lbs of torque in
place is a poor place to save a few ounces or cents. IMO

Ken