Jimski
13-06-2010, 19:22
How do,
Bought the SuperPro engine mount from AwesomeGTI, Andy was very helpful and I ended up paying £47ish for the mount and recorded delivery.
This is a brief guide with no pictures unfortunately as I fitted it in the heavy rain, but its fairly simple to explain!
So, from the top!
1) Jack up the car and remove the undertray.
2) There are only four bolts to remove in total, in order to remove the whole mount.
3) Two on the gearbox, side by side, one is recessed just behind.
4) Working backwards towards the exhaust you'll see another bolt in the subframe, in a slightly recessed circular dip. This needs to come out as well.
5) Between the 3 on the gearbox and the one in the subframe, you will see a connection between the mount and a bracket which attaches to the gearbox, loosen this slightly so it 'hinges'.
6) There appeared to be no tension on this mount, so the engine didnt drop or move, but please use caution.
7) The whole mount should now just pull clear and come out.
8) Use a flat bladed screwdriver and hammer to work around the edge of the mount, and levering against the solid metal housing to break the plastic casing, do this on both sides and then just hammer the rubber mount out. *Use a vice, or clamp to secure the piece*
9) Using some fine grade sandpaper, just clean the inner face of crap.
10) Using the white lubricant, smear it all round the outer edge of the bush and the inner face of the mount.
11) I then pressed in the mount by hand, quite easy to do BUT MAKE SURE ITS LINED UP CORRECTLY AS THE DIAGRAM INCLUDED SAYS!!
12) Push in the crush tube by hand again using the lube.
13) Smear the raised faces of the rubber mount with lube.
14) Refit as per the first few points, and tighten everything sufficiently, this isnt like the leon dog bone, so torque will not affect by vibration as such!
Thats about it really!! If anyone has any questions let me know, hopefully a member will come and add pics when they do fit it in good weather!!
Jimski
Bought the SuperPro engine mount from AwesomeGTI, Andy was very helpful and I ended up paying £47ish for the mount and recorded delivery.
This is a brief guide with no pictures unfortunately as I fitted it in the heavy rain, but its fairly simple to explain!
So, from the top!
1) Jack up the car and remove the undertray.
2) There are only four bolts to remove in total, in order to remove the whole mount.
3) Two on the gearbox, side by side, one is recessed just behind.
4) Working backwards towards the exhaust you'll see another bolt in the subframe, in a slightly recessed circular dip. This needs to come out as well.
5) Between the 3 on the gearbox and the one in the subframe, you will see a connection between the mount and a bracket which attaches to the gearbox, loosen this slightly so it 'hinges'.
6) There appeared to be no tension on this mount, so the engine didnt drop or move, but please use caution.
7) The whole mount should now just pull clear and come out.
8) Use a flat bladed screwdriver and hammer to work around the edge of the mount, and levering against the solid metal housing to break the plastic casing, do this on both sides and then just hammer the rubber mount out. *Use a vice, or clamp to secure the piece*
9) Using some fine grade sandpaper, just clean the inner face of crap.
10) Using the white lubricant, smear it all round the outer edge of the bush and the inner face of the mount.
11) I then pressed in the mount by hand, quite easy to do BUT MAKE SURE ITS LINED UP CORRECTLY AS THE DIAGRAM INCLUDED SAYS!!
12) Push in the crush tube by hand again using the lube.
13) Smear the raised faces of the rubber mount with lube.
14) Refit as per the first few points, and tighten everything sufficiently, this isnt like the leon dog bone, so torque will not affect by vibration as such!
Thats about it really!! If anyone has any questions let me know, hopefully a member will come and add pics when they do fit it in good weather!!
Jimski