ok im doing solid motor mounts in my truck and need to know if i can have both the motor and trans mount solid or do i have to have a rubber mount for the trans the truck has a divorce t-case
alot of frame flex involved in what we do..
best to isolate the motor/trans from that as best you can..
rubber mount (trans) would'nt be a bad idea.
if one soild both must be...
Quote from: betterbeaters on February 21, 2012, 12:58:17 AM
if one soild both must be...
not true. if trans solid motor must be. this has been discussed before. several times.
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Quote from: marshall on February 21, 2012, 01:20:53 AM
Quote from: betterbeaters on February 21, 2012, 12:58:17 AM
if one soild both must be...
not true. if trans solid motor must be. this has been discussed before. several times.
do you know the link where i could read it like to know before i get started on it so far its about even 2 of you guys say rubber for trans and the othe say soild
what pros and cons?? thanks for the help
Quote from: marshall on February 21, 2012, 01:20:53 AM
Quote from: betterbeaters on February 21, 2012, 12:58:17 AM
if one soild both must be...
not true. if trans solid motor must be. this has been discussed before. several times.
well said
Quote from: Hammerlane on February 21, 2012, 12:53:00 AM
alot of frame flex involved in what we do..
best to isolate the motor/trans from that as best you can..
rubber mount (trans) would'nt be a bad idea.
x3 if it has no place to flex then its gonna break something PERIOD...id rather replace my rubber trans mount once a year for 5 bucks than break tranny and t case housings
Solid motor mounts to stop torque twist, rubber trans mount or buy some extra trans/t-cases cuz youll need them ;D
Quote from: old school truck dude on February 21, 2012, 01:12:55 PM
Solid motor mounts to stop torque twist, rubber trans mount or buy some extra trans/t-cases cuz youll need them ;D
i gotta say that i agree that i'd rather replace rubber mounts than a cracked housing, there's a lot of flexing and twisting when your playing, there's been a couple times we've torn new rubber mounts out trailing, been happy the rubber was there to tear, buddy tried solid mounts on his truck, and tore off the back 4 inches of his tranny on the trail, after that we all use rubber mounts for everything
Had solid solid on my truck for years...no trouble
I run solid motor aand poly trans mount, with frame flex must have rudder trans
my thought on this. its not drag car where its hooking hard and you do not want flex in the car. its mud truck not hooking hard, but you are flexxing the frame and twisting in holes. its gm you can not have the motor come out of place, yes it can move couple inchs but still be place. just put in new mounts call it good.
Been thru that w my sami it had solid motor mount then rubber mount on t case and i break rubber mount every two or three bogs i decide to fab a solid mount and never broke again except my bolt came loose several time i check em after every bog/wash
I tryed solid solid but kept twisting bellhousings. only thing I can figure is to much frame flex, my recomendation is poly mount if you don't have a full cage to help control frame flex. I'm poly mounted now and haven't had any problems since I went to poly mounts and that's all I changed everything else stayed the same.
ive run solid mounts in my ranger but not the tcaes mount that was rubber . never had a propblem over 10 yrs.
i got the same setup as dave no problems.
Quote from: Ranger Dave on February 22, 2012, 03:07:31 PM
ive run solid mounts in my ranger but not the tcaes mount that was rubber . never had a propblem over 10 yrs.
4 linked frt & rear, solid trans, solid motor stock drive train & frame rubber mounts if frame is going to twist they move to
solid motor mounts rubber trans mounts here and no probs ever
We run solid motor mounts, but have rubber on the trans never had a problem, every trucck we have built is like that never had any issues