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Old Mar 7, 2008 | 12:52 PM
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Putting on transmission mount.

I ordered trans mount yesterday at autozone and they said it should be here saturday. The one on my car is broken and how I can tell is when driving it constantly vibrates and at 50 or so the wheel vibrates a crap load while shifter moves no matter how fast I am going. I also looked under the car and noticed its just hanging their....my question is how hard is it to put on, on a scale from 1-5?
Old Mar 7, 2008 | 01:17 PM
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Sorry..I forgot. I would rate this as a 2 on a scale of 1-5 just because you have to get under the car. Other than that, it is very easy & if the bolts/nuts are not rusted on it should take a total of about an hour for the complete job....taking your time.
Jack, jackstand, 12mm,14mm & 17mm sockets, ratchet & extension.
Jack up the car put on stand.
Put jack under tans & jack up enough to take the weight off the crossmember.

Remove the 2 12mm nuts from the mount to crossmember.

Remove the 4 17mm bolts that hold on the crossmember..remove crossmember.

Remove the 2 14mm nuts from the trans mount to transmission. The nuts are not on studs mind you. There are slotted bolts that go through the trans mount. So when they move dont think you broke anything. It may just be the bolts moving.
This completes the removal process
Here are a few pics of what I just did 3 days ago.


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Old Mar 7, 2008 | 07:48 PM
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Sweet well thanks that will help out a lot tomorrow!.. Lol im just excited to get rid of that virbrating and shaking of car. What would be the ways that would cause a trans mount to break? Just hard driving or old?
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 11:11 PM
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Well the mount is on and the steering wheel doesnt shake no more when doing like 50 but the stick shift shakes wayyy more and car vibrates right after you change to 3rd gear and give it gas.Wth is going on? The mount is tight to its best to.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 12:54 AM
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check your engine mounts
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 10:20 AM
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I checked the motor mounts and their fine...only thing i dont get is the shaking didnt get worst until after the trans mount got put on.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 10:39 AM
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there could be a problem in the engine, and the broken mount was allowing movement, and when you fixed the mount the movement was being transferred to the chassis.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 11:36 AM
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well this really sucks..i fix something and then something else goes wrong.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 12:05 PM
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welcome to an s chassis
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 01:06 PM
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eh i just think its because the trans mount i just put on is stiffer than the stock one.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 07:17 PM
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Check your driveshaft center carrier bushing. Almost 100% guarantee it is your culprit. When your trans mount goes bad it puts side pressure on the carrier bearing & most of the time tears it up. When this happens the driveshaft vibrates & you get the shaking you describe.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 07:42 PM
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Thanks your the greatest I will check this out tomorrow!
Old Mar 10, 2008 | 01:27 PM
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Alright well i checked everything underneath the car from the centering bushings to the U joints and their all in good shape...only thing I can come up with is something inside the transmission? By the way I checked the driveshaft center carrier bushing but what am I looking for?This culprit thing? what is it

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