Motor mount
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:47 pm
I have just seen a repaired Motor mount and feel I should add some caution.
The attached photos, from one of my repairs show a broken mount and after welding.
This worked fine, and reinforced the folded bends, the whole assembly is very close to the underside of the front battery box. The repair I saw today had tried to bolster up the top bend by welding a section of angle onto the top. This now hits the battery box, which the fitter was unaware of and didnt seem to realise it would constantly hit the battery case as the car is drive and the drive assembly moves on its mounts.
This problem so far is on the later vehicles with the fully folded bracket, early ones were a two piece item and as yet I havnt seen a broken bracket. By choice I would weld the bends (After taking off the powder coating) on both the inside and outside of the weld. If any beefing up is done it should be on the underside and must clear all below it.
I will shortly have a couple of spares, which I can do an exchange for un modified/ originals. So if anyone is interested, I can supply one you can take yours off and put the new on on in a couple of hours with a trolley jack and an axle stand, and a bit of personal dexterity and bodily insertion into the engine bay.
When it breaks the whole motor and gearbox drops and the Drivers side driveshaft falls out. If you are lucky its undamaged, if not then its a new driveshaft as well after the input end has been dragged along the ground, what ever happens its loads of grease and oil around the underside of the car.
I will price this next week, including postage, but I will charge a deposit, as I have had exchange parts not returned before for Berlingos. I dont have enough parts to do an outright sale at the moment. But that could change if I get a batch made.
Grumpy-b
The attached photos, from one of my repairs show a broken mount and after welding.
This worked fine, and reinforced the folded bends, the whole assembly is very close to the underside of the front battery box. The repair I saw today had tried to bolster up the top bend by welding a section of angle onto the top. This now hits the battery box, which the fitter was unaware of and didnt seem to realise it would constantly hit the battery case as the car is drive and the drive assembly moves on its mounts.
This problem so far is on the later vehicles with the fully folded bracket, early ones were a two piece item and as yet I havnt seen a broken bracket. By choice I would weld the bends (After taking off the powder coating) on both the inside and outside of the weld. If any beefing up is done it should be on the underside and must clear all below it.
I will shortly have a couple of spares, which I can do an exchange for un modified/ originals. So if anyone is interested, I can supply one you can take yours off and put the new on on in a couple of hours with a trolley jack and an axle stand, and a bit of personal dexterity and bodily insertion into the engine bay.
When it breaks the whole motor and gearbox drops and the Drivers side driveshaft falls out. If you are lucky its undamaged, if not then its a new driveshaft as well after the input end has been dragged along the ground, what ever happens its loads of grease and oil around the underside of the car.
I will price this next week, including postage, but I will charge a deposit, as I have had exchange parts not returned before for Berlingos. I dont have enough parts to do an outright sale at the moment. But that could change if I get a batch made.
Grumpy-b