I see a lot of reviews on the Brown Dog mounts, but almost none on the M.O.R.E. Bombproof mounts or any of the other numerous almost identical mounts. (Rusty's, etc.)

Which ones do we all like the best? Is the full kit with the replacement brackets really necessary? Why would we need that?


Trans mount: What's good?
Hard mode: 5spd truck.

 

Brown Dogs, period.
All about the same price, I have 3 sets of BD's.
I don't have the full engine mounts/brackets, just the regular mounts.

 

What makes the yellow Brown Dogs better than the M.O.R.E zinc-plated units?

Not questioning your choice, just wondering what makes all these things different. (And yellow is one of my least favorite things. :P )

 

I got mine off of amazon for less, the poly trans mount I got also from amazon didnt fit real well with my 5 speed so I gave it to a buddy and he said it fit on his auto no problem

 

What did you get from Amazon and it was less than what? I don't have a point of reference here, haha.

 

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...to%2Caps%2C244

I have seen the inserts also used to same effectiveness as the completely new mounts..

 

Ah ok, thanks!

 

I have the full kit. I had read a horror story somewhere about the passenger side bolts failing and the bracket pulling out of the engine. The risk that would actually happen seemed pretty small, but since the engine was being swapped anyway, I figured why not just avoid that chance altogether forever and ever.

Those Brown Dog brackets are freakin' solid, and they attach with several more screws than the stock brackets. The mounts are also beefy. If anybody ever gets them to fail, I would love to hear that story.

I went with stock rubber. I read a lot about the Daystar poly mount and just couldn't see any advantage there. Also, even though I went with the hard rubber Brown Dog engine mounts, I figured they were stiff enough that the transmission mount ought to be a little softer.

 

The pass side mount just fell off my mother in laws 95 grand last week wiped out the fan, shroud and radiator. not bad for 300,000mi I guess

 

I did the full brown-dog motor mounts/brackets when I did my Stroker based on their reviews via thus forum. They are way more stout than the stock ones. I'm happy with them. I went with poly and they vibe a little at idle as expected.

 

I run the m.o.r.e. Engine brackets and energy suspension poly mounts. I had my passenger side mount shear the bolts right off the block a couple years ago.

 

Thanks guys.

Is the brackets shearing off a rust thing? Or just a repeated stress thing? Truck has 187k miles. For that matter, the blue one could probably stand mounts at 200k miles as well. Neither one has a speck of rust, though.

 

just be prepared on drivers side I think to gring inside of the motor mount attached to the engine a little to clear the mount....

 

It's a "factory failed to tap the block bosses deep enough, so the bracket bolts don't seat fully, thus allowing the bracket a slight movement which over time stresses the bolt and causes it to shear" thing. This is addressed by the brown dog brackets having something like 7 bolts per side holding the brackets on as opposed to the factory 3. As I understand it, this problem occurs more in the older XJ models(maybe pre-94? definitely the Renix era).

 

Ah ok, thanks.

So in my case, if it looks ok, just roll with it?