Upper motormount bolt broke! Or has been broken....

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 1:02 pm

Wow.... I thought that clunk noise was my control arm bushings. So I replaced one at school and was planning on doing the second one on Monday the 29th. Well low and behold I did a little launch and I heard that noise again, cept it was a bit louder. So I get home and let the car cool down for a bit and pop open the hood and discover my upper motor mount bolt was broke!

:(:(

So how the hell am I going to get that thing out? Centerpunch, drill, easy out? I remember when I did all my solid motormounts that it would be a good idea to upgrade the bolts. But I decided against it. I also used a tad bit of the red loctite when I was installing them last year. So I am probably going to need heat it up, maybe not. Any ideas on how I can get this fixed? Looks like those two bolts for that cap can come out and that piece can be replaced so I don't have to take that broken bolt out.

thttxboy · Post by **thttxboy** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:40 pm

yea i would replace that whole piece and just buy a new bolt. go to a local junk yard and get another one.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:20 pm

Haha finding a SRT-4 at junkyard won't happen. I have 2 guys that have a extra bracket laying around but....

Got it out without damaging the threads. Got a thread out kit from Autozone. Drilled a nice hole in the middle and put the thread out thing on the drill. IT came out! I also got a bolt over at Ace Hardware. Same grade except it doesn't have threads through out the entire thing. should work for now. Will order the upgraded ones from Modern.

LionheartedSXT · Post by **LionheartedSXT** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:21 pm

If I were you, since you already have the solid motor mounts, I would get the stronger bolts that modern sells as well...

http://www.modernperformance.com/produc ... bed4f5ca5b

EDIT: Did not read your entire post, sorry, you already suggested them. never mind then.

thttxboy · Post by **thttxboy** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:24 pm

the regular neon and srt4 have the same upper motor mount so any 2gn would do

mopar4life · Post by **mopar4life** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:49 pm

Just try to use a chisel to take it out, if not, drill and tap a new bolt in.

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:56 am

yay for people who don't read the whole thread because they think they have knowledgable information that everyone already knows.

Post by **occasional demons** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:44 am

^^^^^

mopar4life · Post by **mopar4life** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:50 pm

Wenuden wrote:yay for people who don't read the whole thread because they think they have knowledgable information that everyone already knows.

Yep, its our job

LionheartedSXT · Post by **LionheartedSXT** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:08 pm

Wenuden wrote:yay for people who don't read the whole thread because they think they have knowledgable information that everyone already knows.

made a mistake, relax guy...