Symptoms: Crappy shifting, wheel hop.
Problem: Crappy front engine mount/torque strap
Solution A: New Engine mount at dealer, $97CDN
Solution B: $20. Follow along, kids!
What you'll need:
-Energy Suspension #16.1107R Honda Motor MNT Insert. I paid about $20 CDN, ordered through Canadian Tire/Keystone.
-17mm sockets/extensions/ratchet handles
-paint, if desired
Yank out the old engine mount. Top bolt is a breeze, bottom bolt is a bear. It might be easier from underneath, but I'm too stubborn to crawl under if I don't need to. You'll want to clean the threads and put some anti-sieze on these, in case they ever have to come out again.
But you already do that on ANY bolt you take out, right? Good.
Now go inside somewhere warm.
THIS is why you're doing this. I can move this around with my thumb!
What do you think happens when you drop the clutch?
Bad things, that's what!
Movement.
*Elastic* movement.
But there's hope-ah, Mah bretheren!
These insert into your existing mount, damaged or not, and firm it up.
But not TOO firm, they can still deform a bit, so you're not riding in a Vibra-Matic coal-cart. I can still move these a bit with finger pressure, but they take up *all* the air space in the stock mount.
A quick stop at ~Steve's Paint Booth~
Then just push them in with your fingers. Ta-DA!
Get it back in, and you're done. Go for a drive.
I immediately noticed a difference in shifting. Too slippery out to accertain a difference in launch hop...yet.
Problem: Crappy front engine mount/torque strap
Solution A: New Engine mount at dealer, $97CDN
Solution B: $20. Follow along, kids!
What you'll need:
-Energy Suspension #16.1107R Honda Motor MNT Insert. I paid about $20 CDN, ordered through Canadian Tire/Keystone.
-17mm sockets/extensions/ratchet handles
-paint, if desired
Yank out the old engine mount. Top bolt is a breeze, bottom bolt is a bear. It might be easier from underneath, but I'm too stubborn to crawl under if I don't need to. You'll want to clean the threads and put some anti-sieze on these, in case they ever have to come out again.
But you already do that on ANY bolt you take out, right? Good.
Now go inside somewhere warm.
THIS is why you're doing this. I can move this around with my thumb!
What do you think happens when you drop the clutch?
Bad things, that's what!
Movement.
*Elastic* movement.
But there's hope-ah, Mah bretheren!
These insert into your existing mount, damaged or not, and firm it up.
But not TOO firm, they can still deform a bit, so you're not riding in a Vibra-Matic coal-cart. I can still move these a bit with finger pressure, but they take up *all* the air space in the stock mount.
A quick stop at ~Steve's Paint Booth~
Then just push them in with your fingers. Ta-DA!
Get it back in, and you're done. Go for a drive.
I immediately noticed a difference in shifting. Too slippery out to accertain a difference in launch hop...yet.
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