Ok so I think that my front motor mount is broken. I was taking a long drive today and on the way home I think my front motor mount took a crap. I noticed alot of vibration in the car as it was idleing and as I was taking off from a stop. I looked at the front mount and as far as I can tell it looks like the motor is leaning towards the front of the car a little too much. If in fact it is broken, how hard is this biatch going to be to change? thanks. Sorry I dont have pics, its late and the lighting sucks.


Modified by EFsleeper at 9:06 PM 8/15/2003

 

Take out the radiator, 17mm bolt for the middle and 2 14mm bolts that hold it to the tranny. Not hard at all.

 

prothane motor mount inserts repaired my broken mount as long as its the rubber.

 

or, a lot of people claim that a window caulk or silicone works well. I will be trying it shortly.

 

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i can pull the mount off (on my car) without removing the radiator.

and here is a DIY poly motor mount i did.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=445236

 

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If the motor is leaning forward, this would mean that the rear trans mount broke not the front one.

 

Like FURBALL B-16 said, it might be another mount. Make sure and check all of them to be sure, and not assume it's the front one. I drove around for about 6 months without a front mount, and it didn't vibrate that much. It would just make the engine rock a bit when I shifted hard. Also you do NOT need to remove the radiator to remove and install the front mount.

 

Well I have a dual core radiator on my car. And when I was looking at it the other day there is no way I could get my front mount off without probably smacking my radiator with a wrench and messing up my fins.

 

yeah I just took it off, without removing the radiator. The front mount was trashed. Also, it wasnt centered in the mounting so it was basically metal on metal. Going to get a new one now, hopefully it will solve this vibration thing. Thanks for all the help everyone. Ill let you know what happens.

 

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This might be because of warped rotors, hot/cold spots on the rotors, pads are glazed over and need to brake hard a couple of times to clean everything off or it could be one or more of the tires have missing weights.

Just giving options.

 

nah, all brakes and tires and wheels are brand new.
I replaced the mount with a new one from Honduh. Went in fine. The problem now seems to be that my drivers side mount is loose. On the ZC there is a bolt that bolts into the cylinder head for the mount that isnt there and I cant see the bottom one. Im trying to take the timing belt cover off but Im not sure wtf Im doing. Does the crank pulley have to be removed for that cover to be taken off? Or is there another way I can access that other bolt in the motor mount?