4Squirrels
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Colorado Springs, CO
So, back in late January, I was heading up Rampart to the shooting range when I heard a pleasant little slam, and the engine died. I got out, checked, and it turns out the passenger side engine mounts bolts that tap into the block sheared off. Kinda shitty. One of the three took a portion of block with it. My buddy and I cradled the engine using a ratcheting strap, and drove it home with no passenger motor mount.
Well, after lots of repositioning of engine bay components, we got enough room to get a left-hand drill bit and angle drill in to get the bolts out. They came out with minimal effort. I had three grade 8 laying around, so I put two on the passenger side, pulled a factory one from the drivers side and put it on the passenger side, and replaced it with a grade 8 on the drivers side. I’m wishing I had gone out and replaced them all with grade 8’s.
Sunday, coming back from Chinaman’s Gulch, I noticed a new light slapping sound on acceleration. I checked it out last night to find that the factory bolt on the passenger side had sheared off… again. So, I’m back to where I started. Now I have to pull a bunch of BS, position stuff just right, and then drill the sheared bolt out because Chrysler did not do enough materials testing to figure out that a stronger bolt might be necessary. I have never jumped my rig, and I’m as easy on the gas as I can be for 35’s and 4.56’s. I tell you, the engineer that decided to put anything other then grade 8 in for engine mounts should be taken to the pasture and shot.
Has anyone else has similar experience? If not, do yourself a favor, and replace them before they break. Here’s what I replaced them with 3/8 x 1.28 – 16 with a washer for a touch of extra spacing. I will be doing the whole thing again tonight. Fun fun.
Well, after lots of repositioning of engine bay components, we got enough room to get a left-hand drill bit and angle drill in to get the bolts out. They came out with minimal effort. I had three grade 8 laying around, so I put two on the passenger side, pulled a factory one from the drivers side and put it on the passenger side, and replaced it with a grade 8 on the drivers side. I’m wishing I had gone out and replaced them all with grade 8’s.
Sunday, coming back from Chinaman’s Gulch, I noticed a new light slapping sound on acceleration. I checked it out last night to find that the factory bolt on the passenger side had sheared off… again. So, I’m back to where I started. Now I have to pull a bunch of BS, position stuff just right, and then drill the sheared bolt out because Chrysler did not do enough materials testing to figure out that a stronger bolt might be necessary. I have never jumped my rig, and I’m as easy on the gas as I can be for 35’s and 4.56’s. I tell you, the engineer that decided to put anything other then grade 8 in for engine mounts should be taken to the pasture and shot.
Has anyone else has similar experience? If not, do yourself a favor, and replace them before they break. Here’s what I replaced them with 3/8 x 1.28 – 16 with a washer for a touch of extra spacing. I will be doing the whole thing again tonight. Fun fun.