Motor mount question
 

See attached picture -- On the right side is one of the brand new stock Mazda mounts I purchased; on the left is my original mount. I replaced these as a pair because one of my original mounts had its rubber sheared off.

Note that the new mount doesn't have the metal cup over the rubber; are you supposed to remove & reuse the metal cups from the original mounts?

If so, I may have a problem, being I already chucked one of them (the old sheared off one) and the one I do still have is on there REALLY GOOD and won't budge off the rubber.

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_foru...3&d=1297558017

edit: nothing helpful here

Yes, you're supposed to remove the metal cup and replace them on the new mount.

Those cups do tend to stick to old mounts.

On new mounts, they are not included and must be purchased separately.


-Ted

I may have a restored set of the mount cups sitting around- I'll check later today to see I still have them. PM me if you are interested.

Thanks guys. I managed to get the one I had off, so I can reuse that one. The other is off to the landfill though :banghead:

Firzen - PM sent.

On another note, have people run the stock rubber mounts without both caps? I know I can get them to fit alright but I don't want to recommend the OP anything that shouldn't be done.