Thread: Transmission issue?

damn - how could that let go then, that's fishy to me since I never took that bracket off ever!

prob were never there, i dont even know how one could back out but let alone 5 or however many there are

that's downright f'd. if that kicked in the middle of traffic ida been BONED.

Got under there last night. There are 4 bolts bolting it to the engine
1) Stripped threads
2) Missing
3) Head was snapped off bolt
4) the only one holding the bracket to the engine, where the engine pivoted on.

Dayum. And since I've never touched this bracket before ever, that means I've been driving on it like this for the 2 years I've owned it! Mein Gawt! Amazing it died in a place I could work on it and not at 100kph!

You got some work ahead of you. Your are going to have to drop the trans to repair it, as the bolts go to the trans not the engine and you are going to need the room to drill, tap, etc.

1) Stripped threads. Drill it out and and use a heli-coil or a time-sert. Look them up they are both excellent products.

2) Missing. Most likely stripped as well that's why it isn't they in the first place....see #1

3)Snapped head. Drop the trans and see if you can remove it using a bolt extractor. I doubt this will work though as those bolts are hardened steel making it way difficult to drill into them. Try to weld a nut onto the end and remove it that way if all else fails.

4) This one should be O.K.

5) The one you might not be seeing that is within the mount itself. This head of this bolt bottoms out against the back of the mount. Once you get the mount out you will clearly see it.