how longs it got

[greengiant]

heres the pic of my mtx tranni mount, i know i have seen pics on here of these that are just coming apart. my question is how long before this thing starts getting bad. i only drive it 4-5k in the summer, no track days. i know the previous owner hacked the plastic fender liners, could this be troublesome, cause more fatigue to the rubber.:thankyou:

 

[rubydist]

The fender liner hack won't hurt the mount at all.

That mount likely has a long time to go yet, per your description of how you drive.

 

[K-Dawg]

Years, and the fender liner doesn't provide much support.

FWIW, your torque damper is missing.

 

[greengiant]

was the trans damper on gen1s too?, my car had a motor swap done several years ago by the previous owner (who used to be on here) i'm not sure what it came out of it, could have a 3.2 who knows, all i know is the motor/tranni had 90k on it and all the 60k and rod bearings were done.
-how does not having it effect the car? jerking in shifts maybe?
-where does the upper end of the piston connect to?

 

[93rev2sev]

Either replace the damper or reinforce the mount. That rubber acts more like a shock absorber and less like a motion limiter. That transmission mounted damper does more than a lot of people think, I'd say.

Reinforcing isn't too hard, especially since the damper is already out of there. Do a search and if you need more help with reinforcing it, post back up.

Edit: the end of the strut attaches to a bracket that's supposed to be attached to the drivers shock tower.

 

[yamahaSHO]

Doesn't a new mount look like that too?

 

[greengiant]

i searched awhile and got this picture in this thread: http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=87304&highlight=reinforcing+mtx
i see whats going on but i'd like to know what the nut end side of it looks like to understand where to drill, seems like there would be clearance issues with the nut.

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

Your trans mount look fine.

And there is VERY little to gain by reinforcing a trans mount.

The trans mount does very little.

If you want to reinforce something, reinforce the front motor mount.

 

[sdpatt]

I always thought the hole in the rubber near the center of the "V" in the mount was for a moisture drain. Mine has had that since its early days.

 

[AREA 91]

heres the pic of my mtx tranni mount, i know i have seen pics on here of these that are just coming apart. my question is how long before this thing starts getting bad. i only drive it 4-5k in the summer, no track days. i know the previous owner hacked the plastic fender liners, could this be troublesome, cause more fatigue to the rubber.:thankyou:

There's nothing wrong with that mount.