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"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

Dodge Grand Caravan, 3.3 L engine, Left side mount. The engine dropped
and moved to the right about 1.5 inches. the left side constant
velocity drive shaft pulled apart and self distructed.

I had a spare shaft that I put on, before I figured out about the motor
mount, and it lasted about 20 ft before coming apart as well. That's
when I began to figure there was something else wrong than a bad CV
joint. I am a fast learner!

When I got it all jacked up you could see the rear mount all dropped
down and pushed to the right. I figure the pop I heard at first, was
the mount breaking, then the grinding was the knuckle joint coming
apart. I hope I did not damage the tranny? TnT