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Mounting V6 motor mounts

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by manden68, May 3, 2005.

  1. May 3, 2005
    manden68

    manden68 Member

    O Fries Country
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    What's the best way to install motor mounts? I'm trying to stop all that reverse chatter that everybody is talking about. Do I have to disengage the tranny/t-case? Can I simply jack up the motor, pull off the old mount , etc, etc? Oh yeah what should be the torque values for these bolts?
     
  2. May 4, 2005
    Gixx

    Gixx Member

    Albuquerque, NM
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    I just changed out my driver side one. All I did was jack up the engine, take out the old one and drop in the new one -

    Very easy. Of course I had the fender off for another project which made getting to the bolts easy.
     
  3. May 4, 2005
    67cj5

    67cj5 Member

    Oregon
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    Yip, just swap it out while the motor is jacked up, As for torque use german torque. Good enough for the girl I see on the weekend.
     
  4. May 4, 2005
    RavensRude

    RavensRude RavensRude

    Colorado
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    its the one by the tranny thats a booger....
     
  5. May 4, 2005
    gtolosa

    gtolosa New Member

    San Clemente, Ca.
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    On mine, the driver side was not bad, but the passenger side as tough - just did'nt want to pop on, finally got it with some creative prying. Much has been discussed here concerning different mounts for each side, do a search for more info.
     
  6. May 4, 2005
    gte636p

    gte636p Member

    smyrna, Ga
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    just jack it up, but make sure you got it secure... mine fell over while i was trying to position the mount in there. the bolts going into the block were rusted in on mine, but other than that it's fairly easy.
     
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