It was time.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 09/05/2018 at 11:50 • Filed to: None

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‘89 Camry. 256,000 miles and no reason to think that these were not the original mounts.

PartyPooper2012 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/05/2018 at 11:58

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those muffler bearings are so rusty. Glad you changed them out. 

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/05/2018 at 12:30

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Fill em with poly and put them back in.

Hope you bought OEM or better mounts. Since I changed out my OEMs I’ve gone through mounts every couple months until I bought a set and filled them with poly before installing.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > PartyPooper2012 09/05/2018 at 13:41

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I had to go to O’Reilly and rent a left-handed bearing wrench though.

cbell04 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/05/2018 at 13:43

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Did did this on our Dodge Caravan a couple months ago could not believe the difference it made. Most noticeable during decelerating and shifting I’ve heard bad things about AutoZone type mounts but I knew it was going to be sold soon so didn’t go spend the extra couple bucks now I wonder how long they will last. Definitely not calling the new owner to find out LOL.

PartyPooper2012 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/05/2018 at 13:44

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Did you pack the new muffler bearings with blinker fluid tho?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 09/05/2018 at 15:08

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OEM is not longer available, or I definitely would haev.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > cbell04 09/05/2018 at 15:44

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Takes years off a car. Strictly OEM, if available, but probably not if I’m selling soon...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > PartyPooper2012 09/05/2018 at 15:45

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No, but the old bearings were held up with shore line and it was good to be able to get rid of that, but I also picked up a can of compression when I was at O’Reilly.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/05/2018 at 16:02

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I would seriously suggest getting a tube of urethane and filling them. I used this on mine with great results:

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 09/05/2018 at 16:04

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Filling the new ones?

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/05/2018 at 16:05

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Yes sir.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 09/05/2018 at 16:26

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Interesting thought...

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/05/2018 at 17:17

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Beats replacing them again in a few months......

That’s the luck I’ve had with aftermarkets thus far. If I get 3 months out of them, they had a good run. Literally had one mount tear the first time I put my van in gear.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 09/05/2018 at 17:45

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Well... I wish we’d had this talk before I installed the parts... I’d certainly be down to give it a try.

HammerheadFistpunch > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/05/2018 at 23:28

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man I need to do the trans mount and all the rear suspension bushes

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/06/2018 at 07:01

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Hopefully your luck is better than mine. If not, you’ll have a chance to try it in a couple months........

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > HammerheadFistpunch 09/06/2018 at 07:31

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One of the Oppos is telling me I should have packed the mounts with silicone and I think that’s a grand idea, except that they are already installed. Not difficult to install at all, but I’m not going to take them back out now. We’ll see how they roll. OEM is not available any more for the ‘89 Camry.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 09/06/2018 at 07:38

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Yeah. I’ve thought of that. They weren’t very expensive. In a month or several, I’ll be dropping the transmission in order to do some resealing and when I do, I’ll examine the new mounts and see how they’re holding up. I’m not sure how well silicone will stick once the mounts have been in there any amount of time.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/06/2018 at 07:41

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Clean them up well, scuff them some, then pump them full, should hold fine.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 09/06/2018 at 08:08

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I will plan on doing that. Ordinary clear si licone from a caulking gun tube?

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/06/2018 at 10:03

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3M Window Weld.

It’s a black urethane that dries almost solid. Figure on a few days for it to cure before installing them into the car.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 09/06/2018 at 11:01

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Won’t that make the mount a good deal harsher?

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/06/2018 at 12:04

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It makes it more direct, but the urethane has enough give to soak up engine vibration, so its not super noticeable.

The only time I really notice my solid mounts are when putting it in gear, simply because the engine cannot jump as it would with OEM mounts.