[Fot] Gearbox mounts

[Bill Babcock]

I would think a polyurethane mount would make more sense than Delrin,  
though I realize there are a lot of varieties of acetal plastics  
available. The Delrin I'm used to using would seem to be much too  
hard for any useful shock adsorption.
Bill Babcock
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On May 9, 2007, at 12:05 PM, N197TR4 at cs.com wrote:

> Shane,
>
> I made Derin (acetal) rear motor mount for our TR4 tranny.
>
> It is the size and shape of the tranny mount pad, drilled through the
> crossmember and secured with bolts and fastened with Nyloks with no  
> compression on
> the Delrin.
>
> The front is stock mounting pieces with the TR4 Torque Reaction Arm  
> that
> limits the EXTREME rotation of the engine, which occurs at FULL OFF  
> throttle and
> braking following FULL ON  throttle.  The TRA does a good job of  
> dampening &
> limiting the rotation of the engine.
>
> Like I told Henry, everyone seems to have a different experience,  
> but this
> works for me. I got tired of failures.
>
> If enough folks are interested in a CoPoly Tranny Mount, I likely  
> could
> produce in quantity. My first one was was done with a circular saw  
> and drill.
>
> Joe (A)
>
>> Henry,
>>
>> I've been looking for polyurethane engine and gearbox mounts which
>> would seem to solve most of our issues.  No luck.  You'd think this
>> could be a good breadwinner.
>>
>> Shane Ingate in Md
>>
>>> Has anybody else been having issues with the current crop of gearbox
>>> mounts? I am getting two events until a rubber in the mount turns to
>>> goop.
>>
>
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