Help! Rear Engine Mount Install (pics inside) - Focaljet

**BoomBoy** · 09-26-2008, 07:41 PM

I'm stuck. I managed to remove the stock engine mount. I tried to install and the dogbone (the horziontional bolt) wouldn't mount on inside. It seems like the polyurethane insert is too big. Does it look like I have to shave some of it off? I jacked up the mount with the a ton weight of the car on it but it wouldn't budge.

I hope I won't have to shave some if it off.

**bryst06** · 09-26-2008, 07:50 PM

**BoomBoy** · 09-26-2008, 08:00 PM

any suggestions?

**bryst06** · 09-26-2008, 08:07 PM

might be the wrong one.. as far as year model.

**BoomBoy** · 09-26-2008, 08:09 PM

they are supposed to fit all year models.

**skunkpa** · 09-26-2008, 08:14 PM

I remember it being pretty tight but just from the looks of it that may be excessive, lube?! haha, the material should squeeze up in there you just have to make sure the bushing is lined just right I guess? dunno though shouldn't be that difficult.

**sayin0487** · 09-26-2008, 09:33 PM

i had just as much trouble with mine. just gotta fight it in and yes, use some lube. i did and it helped alot. good luck.

**BoomBoy** · 09-26-2008, 09:51 PM

I didn't use lube. I just wigged the tranny and finally got it squeeze in there. I have bolted on the horizontal bolt. I'm still struggling with the vertical bolt. The other end wouldn't line up for the bolt to go in.

Edit: I jacked up the rear and it helped to line up the bolt. It's finally done after 5 hours of work (with breaks)

I can't wait to drive it.

**GFXjamie** · 09-26-2008, 11:56 PM

i had to jack up the engine and try to rotate it forward while using a rubber mallot to knock it into place, took me all of 5 minutes to do it never doing a mount b4 in my life. mine looked the same at one point, just gotta play around with positioning etc

**ladybug04** · 09-27-2008, 02:56 AM

easy fix,.. had same thing happen to me ever time i take the damn thing out, take the vert bolt, stick it in the bracket, and wrench it down till the little wash pops out(youll see what im talkin bout)

then tap that washer back in the other side of the hole, put the bolt back through it, and ratchet it down until the one side is flush with the inside of the braket, install motor mount, and tighten her up, until it stop moving. and maybe tighten to torque if you have a torque wrench avail

bryan

**only_in_a_domestic** · 09-27-2008, 03:05 AM

with no lower mount the bottom of the engine rotates back, so you gotta rotate it back forward to get the bolt to line up

**CTZX3** · 09-27-2008, 07:01 PM

I normally remove the trans mount that the dog bone slides into

than it all goes in easier

**paulhaskew** · 09-29-2008, 03:27 PM

just make sure you get the torque correct on those bolts... last thing you want to do is strip the aluminum bracket, albeit they are not that expensive, but best done right the first time.

**Revo** · 09-29-2008, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CTZX3

I normally remove the trans mount that the dog bone slides into

than it all goes in easier

ditto

09-26-2008, 07:41 PM	#1
BoomBoy TEAM Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lexington Park, MD Posts: 591	Help! Rear Engine Mount Install (pics inside) I'm stuck. I managed to remove the stock engine mount. I tried to install and the dogbone (the horziontional bolt) wouldn't mount on inside. It seems like the polyurethane insert is too big. Does it look like I have to shave some of it off? I jacked up the mount with the a ton weight of the car on it but it wouldn't budge. I hope I won't have to shave some if it off. __________________ 2007 Liquid Grey Focus ZX5 FocusSport Stage 2 Turbo, Magnaflow 2.5" Exhaust, Eibach Sportline Springs, FRPP Dampers, Progress 22mm RSB, Steeda Tri-Ax STS, VF Rear Engine Mount

09-26-2008, 07:50 PM	#2
bryst06 Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,382	Re: Help! Rear Engine Mount Install (pics inside) hmmm __________________ 2006-ST: FS Turbo kit Stage 2 -14.2 @ 101.50 on Stage 1 -FS: Stage-2 Exedy Clutch kit, BSD, Torsen LSD *Rebuild soon to come(more power)*

09-26-2008, 08:00 PM	#3
BoomBoy TEAM Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lexington Park, MD Posts: 591	Re: Help! Rear Engine Mount Install (pics inside) any suggestions? __________________ 2007 Liquid Grey Focus ZX5 FocusSport Stage 2 Turbo, Magnaflow 2.5" Exhaust, Eibach Sportline Springs, FRPP Dampers, Progress 22mm RSB, Steeda Tri-Ax STS, VF Rear Engine Mount

09-26-2008, 08:07 PM	#4
bryst06 Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,382	Re: Help! Rear Engine Mount Install (pics inside) might be the wrong one.. as far as year model. __________________ 2006-ST: FS Turbo kit Stage 2 -14.2 @ 101.50 on Stage 1 -FS: Stage-2 Exedy Clutch kit, BSD, Torsen LSD *Rebuild soon to come(more power)*

09-26-2008, 08:09 PM	#5
BoomBoy TEAM Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lexington Park, MD Posts: 591	Re: Help! Rear Engine Mount Install (pics inside) they are supposed to fit all year models. __________________ 2007 Liquid Grey Focus ZX5 FocusSport Stage 2 Turbo, Magnaflow 2.5" Exhaust, Eibach Sportline Springs, FRPP Dampers, Progress 22mm RSB, Steeda Tri-Ax STS, VF Rear Engine Mount Last edited by BoomBoy : 09-26-2008 at 11:05 PM.

09-26-2008, 08:14 PM	#6
skunkpa TEAM Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: twin cities, MN Posts: 148	Re: Help! Rear Engine Mount Install (pics inside) I remember it being pretty tight but just from the looks of it that may be excessive, lube?! haha, the material should squeeze up in there you just have to make sure the bushing is lined just right I guess? dunno though shouldn't be that difficult. __________________ 07 zx3 ses mtx- cossie cai, fs sport exhaust, vf lower mount, clarion stereo, alpine sub For Sale - F2 step header/flex & SCT xcal2 with 93 tune from FS (SRX2 code)

09-26-2008, 09:51 PM	#8
BoomBoy TEAM Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lexington Park, MD Posts: 591	Re: Help! Rear Engine Mount Install (pics inside) I didn't use lube. I just wigged the tranny and finally got it squeeze in there. I have bolted on the horizontal bolt. I'm still struggling with the vertical bolt. The other end wouldn't line up for the bolt to go in. Edit: I jacked up the rear and it helped to line up the bolt. It's finally done after 5 hours of work (with breaks) I can't wait to drive it. __________________ 2007 Liquid Grey Focus ZX5 FocusSport Stage 2 Turbo, Magnaflow 2.5" Exhaust, Eibach Sportline Springs, FRPP Dampers, Progress 22mm RSB, Steeda Tri-Ax STS, VF Rear Engine Mount Last edited by BoomBoy : 09-26-2008 at 11:08 PM.

09-26-2008, 11:56 PM	#9
GFXjamie Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 54	Re: Help! Rear Engine Mount Install (pics inside) i had to jack up the engine and try to rotate it forward while using a rubber mallot to knock it into place, took me all of 5 minutes to do it never doing a mount b4 in my life. mine looked the same at one point, just gotta play around with positioning etc

09-27-2008, 03:05 AM	#11
only_in_a_domestic Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 1,561	Re: Help! Rear Engine Mount Install (pics inside) with no lower mount the bottom of the engine rotates back, so you gotta rotate it back forward to get the bolt to line up __________________ ClutchMasters is Garbage

09-27-2008, 07:01 PM	#12
CTZX3 [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: FJ Member #93 PerryHall, Maryland Posts: 7,151	Re: Help! Rear Engine Mount Install (pics inside) I normally remove the trans mount that the dog bone slides into than it all goes in easier __________________ WWW.CHRIS13.COM FLICKR 2004 White ZX3 2.3L Powered by Duratec

09-29-2008, 03:27 PM	#13
paulhaskew Senior TEAM Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pierce County, WA Posts: 3,348	Re: Help! Rear Engine Mount Install (pics inside) just make sure you get the torque correct on those bolts... last thing you want to do is strip the aluminum bracket, albeit they are not that expensive, but best done right the first time. __________________ 2005 CD Silver ST-T - Too much FWHP! Motive Racing - [> = my friend! I, like God, do not play with dice and do not believe in coincidence. Words are the means to meaning, and for some, the annunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country.

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