I have noticed my car is pretty jerky, especially when shifting. I have been driving stick for 3 years now so i have ruled that out.. lol. Also i have drove friends cars perfectly.

i was looking at my car and saw a bolt partially sticking out on my rear motor mount...

I go to check it out and notice there is only 1 bolt holding it in! and another was only partially threaded, like barely. I try and screw it in but it doesnt go in. I'm going to buy two more bolts for it. Should these just screw right in? or will i have to put the engine on a cherry picker?

Is there anything else that could contribute to the jerkyness?

Also, my lower ball joint separated while driving and yeah that sucked. had to replace ball joints and axle.

i have to replace my front right tie rod still.. i have looked online and it is just a little part that screws on. Is this the right part? does the OEM tie rod separate into 2 pieces?


Also, the car seems to squeak from the side that the ball joint separated on from time to time, and is especially noticable when taking off with barely any gas.. like when the car is about to stall. It squeaks rapidly for a few seconds until it starts going but i have no idea what it could be. Sorry i cant explain more.. haha its hard to explain.

 

The rear bracket (below intake manifold?) is a pain in the ***. We refer to it here as the b!tch bracket. It takes a bit to wiggle into place and slot the bolts through but after you can get those into place it's just a matter of tightening them in nice and tight. Sometimes you may have to loosen the other motor mounts to get some wiggle in your engine but hopefully you won't have to dot hat.


As for your tie rod, yes it's just one lil peices that threads on and off again. No matter how hard you try though you will need an alignment after you do this. We've tried counting the number of times it's turned coming off, marking locations with markers for where to put it back to, etc..... its always needed an alignment. It's a simple change to do though. The tierod is one peice but there are inner and outter tie rods.

No idea on your squeak.

 

Not to hate and maybe ruin your day, but...I have seen a few cars with this issue, and what it ends up being is the rear mount is not attached all the way because someone stripped the bolt holes that connect the rear mount to the tranny, or in some cases people actually break them off (usually accident damage). In this case you will need to use a helicoil and a new bolt. I hope it is simple, but just to warn you, there are a lot of idiots out there who do not know how to properly remove/install an engine in an integra/civic. I have found broken bolts, bent bolts, stripped bolts, etc. Good luck!!!