Dodge 1995 Vibration/rattle/shutter

[waltham41]

The mounts on my 92 caravan are slotted on the left and right side to allow for left to right movement, the left side mount is a strange mount with a screw adjustor of some sort built into it.

a 95 should be similar. This is to keep one shaft from being forced too far into the transaxle because the motor is too close on that side and causing premature shaft and joint wear and failure

the front mount must be measured to make sure the motor is facing straight ahead with the vehicle instead of off kilter to an angle which will also affect the life of the shafts. The new shafts should have come with instructions on how to check the mount allignment, if not I suggest getting a Haynes or Chiltons and following the instructions.

I found out I had bad mounts when I stood and watched the motor while it was running and in gear and my brother held the brake and goosed the gas forward and reverse. Instead of a little rocking which is to be expected, my motor jumped several inches on the side with bad mount. That is what took out my shafts by the way.

I changed the mounts one at a time on my vehicle and made sure that they were exactly where the old ones were and was lucky that everything measured out within specs and it was the broken mounts themselves that caused the bad shafts, not that the motor was out of allignment.

A book would be a great investment and might save you from having to do work over again.

[fullheart5]

Hi, My husband says we have the Haynes manual for the, (we have a ton of manuals, can't fix any car without them basically), he grabbed the manual and started looking for the appropriate information. After tiptoeing through the tulips for a while, we located the information. He said to tell you, thank you very much. I guess when we check this out, the car should be good for another ten years.

[waltham41]

Originally Posted by fullheart5

Hi, My husband says we have the Haynes manual for the, (we have a ton of manuals, can't fix any car without them basically), he grabbed the manual and started looking for the appropriate information. After tiptoeing through the tulips for a while, we located the information. He said to tell you, thank you very much. I guess when we check this out, the car should be good for another ten years.

No problem, I have a fair collection of manuals myself. Mostly of the cars that I have owned over the years. Our van is a real pain in the butt compaired to a lot of vehicles that I have tinkered with, but it is a lot of fun to drive when it will start LOL