I recently finished doing all the motor and tranny mounts yesterday when I replaced the dogbone. I had done the top mount about 5 months ago and replaced it with an Anchor brand mount. After doing the dogbone, I noticed that the motor still seemed to be torqueing quite a bit when shifting into gear, so I decided to check the top mount in case it had already broken. I was amazed to find that both the allen screws that hold the top mount into the bracket were completely gone!!!!!

Now I'm very careful when doing any repair and I seriously doubt I had forgottten to install the screws when I first replaced it. I all can figure is that due to the other worn out mounts there was undue stress on the top mount OR I simply didn't tighten them enough. Of course this time I used some thread locker.

But now the motor is nice and tight and there is very little movement when shifting into gear. I hear a little bit of a squeak from the top mount, but I expect it will quite down as a little dirt and dust settle on the new squeeky clean mount. I also noticed that with all new mounts, I feel a lot more vibration from the engine at idle. It's not terrible and I expect it smoothe out as the new mounts get broken in.

2.2 97 Cavalier......the "Crapalier"

How is the anchor brand mount working for you? I'm kinda debating whether to get a couple from the dealer (expansive), or get the anchor ones from autozone...



Did I mention I drive a 2000 Lumina now?-----wigm-tuners.org member

No problems so far. Other than the screws coming out!

2.2 97 Cavalier......the "Crapalier"

Ive used the Anchor brand motor mounts, By far way better way then spending cash @ the dealer one,