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Old Oct 19, 2008 | 05:45 PM
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how difficult is it to change out a transmission mount. I inspected my trans and drivelines due to a vibration at slow speeds and greater in lower gear. I found that the passenger transmount looks to be broken. I also am going to have front driveshaft rebuilt with greaseable ujoints. I looked in the rave cd but cannot find how to replace trans mounts. Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thank You
 
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Old Oct 19, 2008 | 06:36 PM
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It should be pretty straight forward, just use a block of wood on a jack to support the transmission.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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On all vehicles, the l/f motor mount is the first to go cause iit takes all the engine torque lift.
Pretty common to see them fail, if your tranny mount is broken, I would replace all 3 and don't wait cause if all 3 fail, which can happen, thae engine will try and come right out of the engine compartment.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2008 | 09:40 PM
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Thanks for the responses,
Mike are you suggesting replacing both Motor mounts and both transmission mounts?
 
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Old Oct 19, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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He is suggesting that you replace all the tranmission mounts.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 10:54 AM
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Spike, I can speak for myself.
There is only 1 tranny mount and 2 motor mounts on a D2 and yes, because of the high failure rate of the D2's, I am suggesting that all 3 be replaced.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 11:10 AM
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Wow did I step on a nerve or what?
You were off line Mike and he was asking for clarification.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 04:40 PM
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