I am trying to change my engine mounts in my 91 GTA and I'm wondering if there are any tricks out there that I need to know, because right now it looks like I got to take the lower controls arms out to get at the nuts on the inside of the frame rail

 

It's much easier to do it with the springs and lower control arms removed (that's how I did it). However, it can be done with a universal joint on your ratchet, and a lot of patience, knuckle busting, and cussing (optional).

 

I did mine like he said . it can be done with out removing A arms & springs . what a PITA , I invented several new 4 letter words . good luck ...

 

Since my car ain't a rare bird , and is only kept as a good weather daily driver , I took the easy way out ......

What's the easy way out , you ask ?

Well , I took my stick welder and with some creative bending of the welding rod , I was able to reach in between the control arms and frame and put a couple of small tack welds on each nut to affix them to the frame . I didn't weld them as though they had to hold up a battleship , just enough to get the bolts out (and back in) without all the BS of trying to snake socket extensions and swivels and such in there . If the future ever saw the need to remove the nuts it would take a couple of taps with a cold chisel and hammer to remove them . Took all of 5 minutes per side to replace the mounts after the nuts were tacked in there !

PS , mine's a V6 , but I see no reason why this method wouldn't work on a V8 as well .....

 

^^^ This would have been nice on mine. But I was replacing mounts, springs, balljoints, and a arm bushings anyway.