So I might have a failed 034 mount. Bits and piece of turbo system are knocking and have been damaged on steering shaft (rhd) / shock tower.
Yet to recover and inspect them closely but nothing obvious from underneath or that I can feel – hence I posted a question in another thread (VTT product thread) if anyone knows the measurement the rubber should protrude when brand new.
Plan A at the moment is to re-install oem mounts with the VTT inserts which I’ve ordered.
Knowing now the damage and headaches I can get into from a failed motor mount and the tight tolerances I have, I’m not very keen to experience again.
Can anyone with installed inserts explain if the insert itself acts like a fail-safe for vertical height movement, where some part of the mount on the engine side actually stops out on the insert prevent further downward movement? I guess this will become clear when I pull it all out and take a closer look.
Alternatively thinking out of the box, wondering if anyone has taken a solid engine mount and used a 5 or 10mm suitably spec’d reinforced rubber matt section as an interface to just take the edge off the 100% solid mount? Good, bad, stupid idea?
Yet to recover and inspect them closely but nothing obvious from underneath or that I can feel – hence I posted a question in another thread (VTT product thread) if anyone knows the measurement the rubber should protrude when brand new.
Plan A at the moment is to re-install oem mounts with the VTT inserts which I’ve ordered.
Knowing now the damage and headaches I can get into from a failed motor mount and the tight tolerances I have, I’m not very keen to experience again.
Can anyone with installed inserts explain if the insert itself acts like a fail-safe for vertical height movement, where some part of the mount on the engine side actually stops out on the insert prevent further downward movement? I guess this will become clear when I pull it all out and take a closer look.
Alternatively thinking out of the box, wondering if anyone has taken a solid engine mount and used a 5 or 10mm suitably spec’d reinforced rubber matt section as an interface to just take the edge off the 100% solid mount? Good, bad, stupid idea?