<VV> Motor mounting

[Mark Durham]

https://secure.steelerubber.com/ Hank, Are you talking about this site? They
do list the early style Corvair mount and a bunch of other corvair rubber
parts. They will re-vulcanize if you send in the parts.
Mark Durham

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 7:07 PM, <Sethracer at aol.com> wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 2/13/2010 6:23:09 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> kaczmarek at charter.net writes:
>
> Writing  this because AFAIK Steele Rubber is the only company that rebuilds
> Corvair  mounts.  By the amount of cores we get from the vendors and from
> individual owners I can see no other alternative.
>
> >From Charles'  story we find another way that our car can become unsafe at
> any  speed.   So check your mounts.  And pretty please, with sugar  on
> top---DON'T JACK YOUR CAR UP BY THE MOTOR MOUNT!!!!! There are jacking
> points on the car----use them!!!  Doing the above guarantees  premature
> failure of the  LM  mount.
>
> Hank
>
>
>
> I agree, Hank, that the motor mount is a place where a small  inspection
> goes a long way. That said, Charles mount did not fail. A  catastrophic
> internal failure of the rubber in either the early design 65-  or the later
> design
> 66-69 mount will not allow the motor to drop out of the  chassis. There are
> internal steel mechanisms to prevent that in both designs. On  the late
> models, there are a pair of crimp-design lock nuts holding the rear  engine
> bracket to the mount. There are four regular hex-head bolts holding  the
> other
> portion of the mount to the rear frame rail. ONLY if all four bolts  fall
> out or both nuts fall off, will the mount will depart it's designed
>  position
> and the engine (usually) drop down. Charles mentioned, in his  note, that
> the nuts had fallen off. So the important "take-away" from this
>  discussion,
> is to inspect the four bolts in the engine compartment and, somewhat
>  tougher
> to do, check your nuts! By the way, if you find yourself lifting the
> engine into place and you can't find a pair of the original design lock
> nuts to
> fit over the "figure-8" washer, the Corvair rocker-arm adjuster nuts will
> work  fine in this application. They are also a locking design. The
> late-late
> mount  can also be inspected, visually. A perky one, in good condition,
> should  stick up in the middle. If it is flat across when installed, it is
>  time
> to start looking for a replacement.
>
> I hate to admit this - But I drove a complete, 3-lap run at an autocross
> (Not at a Corvair-Convention) with my 140 linkage stuck to the floor, wide
> open. I used the ignition switch as an engine brake. I also had good
> metallic
>  brakes.  Stupid? Yes. But the rules were you got one, three-lap run,  and
> once you went on course, no re-runs. And I was running for a  championship.
> PS - I took the class, and the championship. That was when I was  young and
> foolish - I am no longer young!
>
> Seth  Emerson
>
> C's the Day! - Corvair, Camaro,  Corvette
>
>
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