Hi all I have fitted the new gearbox insert without much problem, a little bit of washing up liquid in the two holes and slid in a treat. The upper mount insert wouldn't go in at all, the mount was really knackered, so a new one was purchased and fitted no problem. Tried to find where the lower engine mount is and found this, what the fudge is it for ???
No sure on the first? Do recognise it but got brain freeze! Second is the upper left hand side and it bolts to the bulk head. The third is the lower engine mount and what your after And four a megane!!! Edit sorry the picture did not show up when I first looked....sorry! You sorted for the lower mount now mate?
Also i have 2 dog bone mounts one at the top rear of the engine and one at the bottom, is that all i have ???, i can't see where my inserts go (PFF60-820) I presume i don't need them
Hi Boardy no i am not sure about the lower mount, i can't see it, is it tucked away somewhere ???? And that big lump lives in the lower beam that the lower dog bone thing is connected too, It weighs about a Kilo.
Yes mate a little, jack the car up on the passenger side lob a axel stand under it, blah blah! The is a beam about 4-5 inch wide that runs the width of the car, the will be a hole in it to get to one of the bolts for the mount, you can just see it in this picture Think it's 21mm and the other is just to the rear of this one, think this is 19mm. Undo these two bolts and pull them out, then back off the two I'm pointing at and it should pull out. Are these the ones you have left at the bottom of the picture? They push into the lower mount like this
Yes that's the ones, i have the car quite close to the wall on the passengers side probs why i didn't see it, Cheers that, a job for Sunday as it's supposed to be pissing down.
Yeah it's over to the passenger side so gives you a bit more room to get to it, I really struggled getting the 21mm bolt out as it was seized in but don't think anybody else has tbh. Any problems mate give us a shout!
If you want to come down for a cuppa feel free, i will be at my workshop, been moving stuff around today so i can get the car in so i can get to both sides, might have a go at the suspension bushes tomorrow.
I pulled out the lower engine mount today and this is what came out, has someone fitted the wrong one or is this right, can i fit the other type that will take the inserts i bought. whatever i think i need to change it as it is a bit soft
What reg is your car mate? Do you have a late R26? I think that this is the later cast version so your inserts will not fit. The was a bit of confusion over this as Grey posted the wrong part numbers in the group buy thread. I'm sure the earlier rubber coated version will fit, I can measure my mount to the centres if you want mate to make sure it's right.
Hmmm? I think somebody must have fitted the later mount then mate. Do us a favour and take a picture of the bolts that came out too. I think this is the one you need http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=271937976643&globalID=EBAY-GB
Will do Boardy, i should be going down again tomorrow. I will get like that, it looks a bit more substantial than the one i took out.
Just asking for a picture of the bolts because I think it looks like the wrong bolts could have been fitted? Only because you can see thread marks within the bush, the bolts should be smooth where it passes through the bush but you can see thread marks on the inside where it looks like it's been rubbing.
Yes i did notice that as well, i though that someone might not have tightened then up properly in the past. I think from memory they are threaded about half way.
is it worth me fitting anything else instead, most of the time it will be tracked or driven to a track, just thought that if i am replacing, would it be better to fit a R26 one or a R26.r one ????
They've fitted a upper stabilizer mount in the lower mount. You need this one to fit the powerflex you have http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=251673721183&alt=web
Hmm have the same prob i ordered lower mount from reno and inserts from ebay not sure if i should return mount or inserts
For that mount you need this one http://www.powerflex.co.uk/road-series/product-details/Rear+Lower+Engine+Mounting+Bush/11612.html You press out the large one and fit the powerflex one
The mount is the later cast version and the inserts are for the earlier rubber covered mount. I don't think you can get inserts for the cast mount you need to buy the whole new bush for the later version.
Probably work out cheaper to send the mount back and get the early version from eBay, the is a link above for 21 quid I think?
