engine mount woes

[carlknight1982]

ok so ive stuck to the book and my engine mounts are book spec and hit my steering colum, i brought some landrover mounts thinking i could just swap them for the sierra one, only to find out the threaded part isnt long enough. what have you guys done?

I really dont want to cut the welded boxes from the chassis again.

Carl

[SeriesLandy]

Have a look at this thread (http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=3988&highlight=steering+column).

The idea is to move the bearing holder above the pedal box up 10mm to give extra clearance. Might help but not tried myself.

[carlknight1982]

how do you boys at saturn do it andy(s)

[twinturbo]

Make up some custom arms Carl,

TT

[carlknight1982]

section of box from a bit of 3mm plate to the land rover mounts?
what size box do you think 40x40?

[twinturbo]

30 should be fine, 40.... If you have a 4L V8 maybee :D

TT

[spud69]

how do you boys at saturn do it andy(s)

Hello Carl,

Sorry but didn't log on last night, cozy night with chocolate and Zombieland (great fun film for anyone).

The Sierrra mount rubbers are crap Carl as rubber perishes with age and a few people have had to replace snapped ones. At £80 a shot its worth using land rover mounts and remaking both engine mounts. You can still use the box to sit them on but if you chock up our engine and make the mounts to suit out of 5mm plate welded into a box, will need to cut a section out of the bottom for the bolt, and a flange top and bottom. They will work out quite neat and pretty easy to do and will easily miss your steering column.

The pics are a bit cramped but do show it to some extent.

It's worth making both sides at the same time.

Regards...AndyH

[carlknight1982]

Sounds like a plan, i have about 3m of 5mm x 40mm plate left so that should do nicely. Cheers Andy