I did my engine mounts today
first, everything went well. I started from transmission mount toward the engine mount; I was thinking to begin with most complicated and go to easier ones; I used ramps. jack and jack stand for support; I did all three before I started to tighten the bolts individually. Once I removed one on the passenger side (clearly the bad guy), I wanted to replace belt tensioner because its access; however, still was pain in b*** as space was tight to work on but I managed in the end after prolonged time. That tensioner drove me nuts today; I was frustrated big time at the time;
That affected my work ability on going forward. Once I was able to align mount on the passenger side, main bolt did not go all all the way down; I tried to do it multiple tmes but in vain. The soul was sticking out above the mount bracket and the bracket was not sitting on the mount rubber. The bolt was sticking out. I continued to play with it but I noticed I used too much force to tight it down. Suddenly treads started to spinn inside of mount. Towards the evening, I tight all bolts at the all three starting with again transmission side. If I had known how was going to be I would have started on the passenger side of the car.
So I drove the car tonight on the local road, it is much quieter than yesterday but on occasion it gets jerky and start to vibrate slightly due to still messed up engine mount that is on the car;
I plan to call on Monday Mazda service department to order the new one $120 again but this time with the brand new center bolt as well.
so my question is how to handle next time the one on the passenger side, what I did wrong and what would you do differently please
I Thank You for all your advice!
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first, everything went well. I started from transmission mount toward the engine mount; I was thinking to begin with most complicated and go to easier ones; I used ramps. jack and jack stand for support; I did all three before I started to tighten the bolts individually. Once I removed one on the passenger side (clearly the bad guy), I wanted to replace belt tensioner because its access; however, still was pain in b*** as space was tight to work on but I managed in the end after prolonged time. That tensioner drove me nuts today; I was frustrated big time at the time;
That affected my work ability on going forward. Once I was able to align mount on the passenger side, main bolt did not go all all the way down; I tried to do it multiple tmes but in vain. The soul was sticking out above the mount bracket and the bracket was not sitting on the mount rubber. The bolt was sticking out. I continued to play with it but I noticed I used too much force to tight it down. Suddenly treads started to spinn inside of mount. Towards the evening, I tight all bolts at the all three starting with again transmission side. If I had known how was going to be I would have started on the passenger side of the car.
So I drove the car tonight on the local road, it is much quieter than yesterday but on occasion it gets jerky and start to vibrate slightly due to still messed up engine mount that is on the car;
I plan to call on Monday Mazda service department to order the new one $120 again but this time with the brand new center bolt as well.
so my question is how to handle next time the one on the passenger side, what I did wrong and what would you do differently please
I Thank You for all your advice!
Some images
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