21 replies to this topic

[minidude03]

i dunno what to order, can someone send me a link

[Dan]

Which ones do you want? There are 6 mounts for the front subframe.

And what year is your car?

Edited by Dan, 05 January 2006 - 06:34 PM.

[minidude03]

its 1993, the ones on the underside of the floor panel i think

[pikey7]

and do you want standard, poly or solid?

[minidude03]

poly i think

[pikey7]

Genuine standard mount

Standard mount

Solid mounts

Oh, and Minispares don't seem to do poly ones, so it's minispeed for them as a complete set!

Having said that, I'm not comvinced that there is a poly set, I think the poly "sets" include solid ones for that position...... Certainly the minisport ones do!

[Dan]

Standard genuine
Standard non-gen
Poly direct from manufacturer

[minidude03]

maybe its the floor pan i have to replace then, because wenever i rev the engine moves, and u can see the mounts moving

[Dan]

What do you mean by that?

[Bluemini]

Do you mean the steady bushes then?

[pikey7]

so when you rev the engine, the whole subframe moves? You have checked the bolts are tight? Those subs are mounted to the body in 6 places, plus the engine is tied to the crossmember and are usually pretty solid, unless, as you say, the metal is going brown...

[Deceptacon]

You might need to uprate the engine steady bushes. There are two engine steadies, one on the driver side mounted next to the head with an earth strap, and one below it. The bushes can be uprated to poly ones, should stop the engine moving.

Or get an ultimate engine steady for your 1275 as well as a passenger side gearbox mount, and you should be sorted.

[Guess-Works.com]

Jees you lot...

The standard bushes are fine for holding a standard engine, it's only when thing loosen that other things break...

Check you engine mounts and tie bar bushes, if you install poly/solid think about this... you've prevented one part from moving which means a different part will have to move... which means that will wear out...

Best thing is to replace like for like, or change the whole lot in one go...

Edited by GuessWorks, 05 January 2006 - 07:27 PM.

[minidude03]

anyone got a pic of the underside ofa mini near the mounts im taking about and i'll show. if not i'lll take a pic tomoz i f i can

[minidude03]

just looked at the toe board and found patch work, cracks and holes. pics to follow later on today, can i remove the mounts and weld a new patch there, or will the subframe fall out