Thread: Question about Prothane motor mount

My fairly new rear motor mount destroyed itself the other day. So instead of buying another rubber mount i picked up a Prothane urethane insert. The insert is a 1 piece design, so Im assuming I will need to remove all the rubber from the original mount and press the Prothane in with a press?

Sorry Im a noob when it comes to B13 engine mounts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

This is the mount I purchased.

Prothane 14501 - Motor Mount Inserts - Driver or Rear. 14501

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Once you installed the mounts its gonna be a huge difference, the only bad thing it will rattle the whole car.

atleast do the front dogbone mount prothane also.

m8 ive got solid mounts right thru and its one of the best things ive done to my ride... soild lorathane 98A durability

bad thing? makes it feel like a race car

-G

don't get me wrong that write up is great, but there is a much easier way to remove those inserts.

First you take out as much of the rubber as much as you can. Now you can do this by burning it, but there are several reasons not to do this. It's messy, smells, and can often just cause more problems. Better way to do it is use a hand jigsaw. Feed the blade through the hole and start cutting. After that use a screw driver or chisle to get as far down to the metal as you can.

Now using a dremel with a cutting wheel for metal, cut on one side at an angle through the metal sleeve. Then do the other side. When you are done it should look like an arrow.

Now all you have to do is take a screwdriver and pull out the arrow peice just a bit then tap it with a hammer. Should come right out.

Now if you just don't want to mess with it take it down to a machine shop and have them press out the old and in the new inserts.

Form what I've read, you should also do the front dog bone mount, otherwise that one will go bad shortly after.

I followed vadims write up and it went really smooth. He does a good job of making you aware of all of the annoyances and challenges you could possible run into.