masospaghetti

Has anyone had experience (good or bad) with aftermarket mounts?

The ones I've just installed seem too soft - the motor is moving more than I would expect. The front three are DEA brand, the rear is a Beck/Arnley.

I would go with the OEM mounts but each of the front three are about $80 each from Majestic - not a trivial amount. For comparison, a Beck/Arnley mount is about $40 each, and the DEA mounts are about $20 each.

93 Accord Ex. Thanks!

masospaghetti

The motor does seem to be moving too much. I'm going to try a poly insert from Energy Suspension in the dogbone and see if it controls the movement better. Will report back tomorrow.

94 accord typeR

u get what u pay for.

i was seriously looking into motor mounts during the summer but now i dont really need them. mounts are OEM as far as i can tell. i even did a timing belt service which requires removal of the side engine mount (birthday cake shape) and its still in good condition. not rotting at all.

what im saying s that more than likely something minor is causing ur engine to shake rattle and roll but poly inserts are a good option as well

MAD_MIKE

Replaced the front and rear mounts on my '95 EX with Anchor brand units.
Comparing the original mounts to the Anchors they were pretty spot on, even down to tooling and paint marks. Is Anchor the OEM for Honda, dunno. But the mounts work fine for me.

If the rear mount is busted it needs to be replaced. Front mount is more of limiter mount. Prevents the engine from crashing all over the place from excessive torque, or if the rear mount fails. The trans and engine mounts do not really have much torsional resistance.

If your car is an automatic, verify that the rear mount is actually at fault before replacing. If the vacuum controls for the rear mount are faulty then the rear mount will not operate properly. With the controls failed the mount may be stuck in the soft(idling in drive) or hard(under load/power) mode.

masospaghetti

Thanks for the replies.

I've used Anchor in the past with no problems but they were domestics and basically a solid block of rubber. These mounts are different. Maybe Anchor would be OK, I dunno. DEA doesn't seem to be.

The rear mount was replaced with a Beck/Arnley unit. Made in Taiwan. With parts these days, its hard to know if a Beck/Arnley part or DEA part come from the same factory.

masospaghetti

I figured Anchor and DEA may come from the same factory but they definitely look different (and are made in different countries).

The DEA dogbone has the rubber supports in the same plane with the crankshaft. This means there's virtually no resistance to engine torque - a serious design flaw, in my opinion, since the dogbone should be designed exclusively to resist engine torque.

The Anchor mount looks just like the stock OEM mount where the rubber supports are at a 45 degree angle to the crank, meaning they provide much more resistance to engine torque.

Also, the Energy Suspension poly insert fits the Anchor mount, but not the DEA mount due to these differences.

A similar difference exists on the engine driver's side mount, where the angle of the rubber supports is different. The iron casting is also different, the Anchor mount looks just like OE, the DEA mount is clearly inferior. One hole in the DEA driver's side mount was drilled to the wrong side and couldn't even be installed without boring out the hole.

You've been warned. DEA obviously has no quality control whatsoever. Anchor, it seems, is a far superior choice.