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<p>Agree, but the mounts separated where the rubber was bonded to
the metal backing. The rubber looked OK and is pliable. <br>
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<p>Fought the same issue for years with the exhaust mounts. Finally
put a countersunk screw through the backing plates and the rubber
to limit travel; may have to do same with the motor mounts. To be
fair, it's probably pretty difficult to get a really durable bond
between rubber and steel although the OEM suspension bushings
seemed to hold up pretty well.</p>
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<p>Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/12/2016 4:24 PM, WILLIAM B
LAWRENCE wrote:<br>
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<p>The current thought is that rubber ages as well as being
detrimentally affected by UV and environmental ozone. As
such we are told not to use tires that are over six years
old. I think the same thing happens to other rubber parts as
well. I've installed rubber plugs and grommets on my BN1
that deteriorated with 6 months of installation. For that
reason I won't buy "NOS" rubber parts and I think any new
rubber parts should be date coded.</p>
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face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b>
Healeys <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"><healeys-bounces@autox.team.net></a> on behalf of
Bob Spidell <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net"><bspidell@comcast.net></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 12, 2016 2:24:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Healeys<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Engine Mounts</font>
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<div class="PlainText">The engine mounts on my BJ8--whose
engine I am overhauling--had the
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rubber part separating from their metal backing. This
didn't surprise <br>
me, as they have 25+ years and 120K+ miles on them. However,
I got under <br>
the BN2 the other day and noticed its mounts were separating
as well, <br>
and these only have a few years and a few hundred miles on
them. <br>
Apparently--like most rubber or rubber/metal parts from
contemporary <br>
suppliers--they are crap. Anyone know a source for quality,
durable <br>
engine mounts for Big Healeys?<br>
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TIA,<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
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