Got to spend some time in the garage for a while today after other chores were finished. I obtained 3 new motor mount bushings for the Budget Scorpion and finally got to install them today.
Unless the engine is out of the car, you have to replace them one at a time. I first tackled the rear one, the one near the exhaust. It's easy to get out and it obviously was worn out:
I used my press and a front wheel bearing race (among other things) to press out the old bushing:
Here's old and new side by side:
I used the same arrangement more or less to press in the new bushing:
The other two bushings were similarly worn out, the front one was pretty much two parts:
A test drive indicates the engine has changed position rather significantly; I have to adjust the shift linkage as reverse is hard to find.
Unless the engine is out of the car, you have to replace them one at a time. I first tackled the rear one, the one near the exhaust. It's easy to get out and it obviously was worn out:
I used my press and a front wheel bearing race (among other things) to press out the old bushing:
Here's old and new side by side:
I used the same arrangement more or less to press in the new bushing:
The other two bushings were similarly worn out, the front one was pretty much two parts:
A test drive indicates the engine has changed position rather significantly; I have to adjust the shift linkage as reverse is hard to find.