Cheap OEM style motor mounts? Anchor, Westar, or DEA?
Beach Bum
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 6,123
Likes: 22
From: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Year: 2000 WJ
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
My experiance with Anchor motor mounts has been negative. The sleeve is thinly veiled in rubber and the rubber is not fully vulcanized to sleeve. Also, the rubber does not fit well to the housing of mount, there is a gap. I had a pair fail after seven months.
I researched all the brands and could not find a high quality OE style mount. Settled on Omix-Ada due to its design. The sleeve is encapsulated much better and the rubber fills and fits the metal housing better.
These pictures should show all this.
I researched all the brands and could not find a high quality OE style mount. Settled on Omix-Ada due to its design. The sleeve is encapsulated much better and the rubber fills and fits the metal housing better.
These pictures should show all this.
CF Veteran
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 7,554
Likes: 17
From: Monett, MO.
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Yes I pulled mine off also same issue but only had mine on for about 2 weeks before I swapped them out.
Hmm,, I have rubber B-dog motor mounts on my DD and they do great.. At first they felt stiff, but after about a 1000 miles they have smoothed out.. Yes I can feel they are a little stiffer then OEM, but it feels more like a solid feeling..
I don't have any bad motor vibes that shake the dash or rattle my teeth.
Ive seen ppl get bad vibes if the through bolt is too tight, and or they didnt loosen the trans mount when they installed the motor mounts..
The through bolts on the the B-dogs are not torque specific,, snug is good. If you use the washers that come with B-dogs for the through bolt, you should have at least one spin free, thats how you know you are tight enough on the T-bolt.
I don't have any bad motor vibes that shake the dash or rattle my teeth.
Ive seen ppl get bad vibes if the through bolt is too tight, and or they didnt loosen the trans mount when they installed the motor mounts..
The through bolts on the the B-dogs are not torque specific,, snug is good. If you use the washers that come with B-dogs for the through bolt, you should have at least one spin free, thats how you know you are tight enough on the T-bolt.
I think mine were tightened properly but I've slept since then.
Moderator CF K9-unit
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 5,842
Likes: 12
From: Alaska
Year: 2000 sport
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: New 4.0l from s&j engines
I would have given them a little more time. Mine were a little stiff, but like I said they have smoothed out.. I can look in my driver side mirror/rear view mirror and everything looks smooth(no earthquake look) ..
HAHA!
HAHA!
CF Veteran
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 7,554
Likes: 17
From: Monett, MO.
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
it was bad enough that it dislodged the suction cups from the windshield mounts for my GPS.
Moderator CF K9-unit
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 5,842
Likes: 12
From: Alaska
Year: 2000 sport
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: New 4.0l from s&j engines
.. here is a vid of my cheap stuck to the window Dashcam..You can read the LIC on the car in front of me with no shakes, no stabilization effects to vid..just raw..when I touch the cam you see it shake, but just sitting the Jeep is real smooth.
CF Veteran
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,508
Likes: 5
From: Oregon Coast
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6
I'm still fighting with mine, but that's because the passenger side is bound up and is slowly moving back. Just have to listen the two bottom bolt every once in a while.
Moderator CF K9-unit
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 5,842
Likes: 12
From: Alaska
Year: 2000 sport
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: New 4.0l from s&j engines
CF Veteran
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,508
Likes: 5
From: Oregon Coast
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6
Moderator CF K9-unit
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 5,842
Likes: 12
From: Alaska
Year: 2000 sport
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: New 4.0l from s&j engines
Bummer about your install going kinda rough..Hope you get it all worked out.
CF Veteran
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,508
Likes: 5
From: Oregon Coast
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6
I was going to do that method, but I was impatient and didn't wait for the trans mount to come in. It's getting there.
::CF Administrator::
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 14,479
Likes: 805
From: Blunt, South Dakota
Year: 97
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.6 stroker
CF Veteran
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,508
Likes: 5
From: Oregon Coast
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6
