Ok its that time to do motor mounts in my car, its worring me with the way they look and when i rev the engine it likes to move a lot so its that time, plus i wanna do long tubes and i jus read it was easier to jus do this first. My questions are that, how easy are they to change out? how much work is it and is it a real head ache? my brother did his on his 2000 ss and it costed him a broken fingure and a 40 dollar light bar that he smashed cause he got agrivated and hes ase ceritifed. thanks for any help guys

 

easy is not a word i would choose to describe changing mounts.

they are a PITA. I did them with the engine out and it was a mess.

What you really need to do is remove the a-arms. You access the nuts through the pockets for the a-arm mounts. Its much easier with the arms off. I did it with the arms on, but it was a real PITA

swap in poly while you are at it, much better than the stock rubber mounts, and dont vibrate much at all.

 

Yea i got the poly energy mounts, how hard is it to take the a-arms out? i was looking at that of how the two nuts are hiding up there mocking you and then theres that one nut thats out in plain sight and easy to get

 

I just installed Energy Suspension poly mounts not too long ago. Yeah, it sucked that the engine and a-arms were in the way but I got the it done. I got the mounts in with a 15mm wrench, 1/4 ratchet, 1/4 swivel, 1/4 extension, couple other hand tools, and a jack to lift the engine up. It was a pain. I easily wasted an entire Saturday on it.

I did have to make a modification on the mounts because of the company's poor quality control. I tried pushing the long bolt through one of the mounts before I installed it, right out of the package, and it wouldn't even go through. What happened was polyurethane material was on the inside. I ended up taking a drill bit about half the size of the long bolt and drilling out all of the excess material that wasn't supposed to be there. If you get a drill bit that is too big, you'll snap the bit.

 

I would go with normal rubber mounts. The poly raise your engine up and can cause problems with exhaust clearance. They also transmit a lot more vibrations. This is from my experience going from rubber to poly. I am going back to rubber this fall when I have the a-arms off.

 

yea i jus jacked the car up tonite to see how hard it would be, i got a 3/8 swivel 15mm socket and entention in there to get two of the three, the other one is gonna have to be done with the 1/4, i dont know about this one but its gotta be done. im still debating weather or not to take the a-arms out or not. when taking them out wont the spring come out and hit me in the face or somethin?

 

Thats the problem I have with my engine sitting too high with the poly's. Im going to replace them with a set of solid mounts. I know there will be alot of vibration but the car is not a daily driver. The mounts were a PITA to change when the engine was out of the car, I can only imagine how much cursing I will do now with the engine in the car.

 

Please try to get a ride in a car with solid mounts first. I'd hate for you to have to change them a third time.

 

Changed my mounts today. My engine sit lower now and I no longer have clearance problems that I had with the poly mounts. I went with the stock ones, I figured I have enough vibrations. I will hold on to my solid mounts for a later time if the stock ones break.

 

They are such a total PITA, why couldn't GM just weld some nuts inside the crossmember, that would have made them real easy to take out.

I changed them to solids, just so I don't have to do it again. As for those saying it will transmit vibrations, I have had them on other cars, there's not much difference with poly mounts. I never really noticed the solids (although I have to admit, it wasn't on f bodies)

This is so much nicer: (yes, bolts will go in from front nuts on the back)