Hi all in an effort to find my knocking noise I turned to the transmission mount. Ive already replaced both engine mounts so it seemed a logical enough place to look.
I removed the undertray and had a poke with a screwdriver. I can wiggle the box from side to side quite easily, even with my hands and wonder is this normal? It was on a jack/stands so I didnt want to shake it too hard to try to replicate the knocking.
Also while in there I noticed rubber pads in between the mount and the carrier. uh oh I thought someone has been in and tried to reinforce it, but they seem too well fitted to be a bodge. After some reading I found these which seem to match up. All that does is confuse me more as that should make the mount a lot stiffer Id have thought.
Lastly if I fit an aftermarket mount can I drop the front of the box enough to cut out the old mount and insert a new poly mount? Or is it really a box out job?
Thanks.
I removed the undertray and had a poke with a screwdriver. I can wiggle the box from side to side quite easily, even with my hands and wonder is this normal? It was on a jack/stands so I didnt want to shake it too hard to try to replicate the knocking.
Also while in there I noticed rubber pads in between the mount and the carrier. uh oh I thought someone has been in and tried to reinforce it, but they seem too well fitted to be a bodge. After some reading I found these which seem to match up. All that does is confuse me more as that should make the mount a lot stiffer Id have thought.
Lastly if I fit an aftermarket mount can I drop the front of the box enough to cut out the old mount and insert a new poly mount? Or is it really a box out job?
Thanks.