motor mounts and struts on 95 Camry

[Brian R.]

peter1 - As I said in response to your other post on exactly the same subject:

In addition to the FR mount and dogbone, there are two other mounts. There is a RR mount around the same place as the FR mount, only on the side next to the firewall, and there is also a LH mount, under the transmission. Maybe you have to loosen the other mount.

[camrytuner]

the rear mount is not a problem for you unless your tranny rattles. Since you've already replaced 2 mounts, try replacing the drive side axle and that should eliminate all your vibration.

[peter1]

does drive side = drivers side?
Thanks
Peter1

[camrytuner]

yes, driveside equals driver side

[chriswood]

After 1 hour of trying to get the top bolt on the rear motor mount I used a 17mm Crow Foot wrench from the top with 2 extensions to get down past the manifold. It took 5 seconds to loosen nit once I went to Sears to buy the wremch.

Originally Posted by nmikmik

Well, I finally got to replace the front mount that was not too bad, forgot to replace the top mounting bolt… but the rear mount would not budge. May be/most likely, I am just doing it wrong. From the top, I could not get to it with the universal joint and a swivel extension. From the bottom I just couldn’t get the bolt loose with the wrench. Any tricks to do that?
Thanks for your help,

nmikmik

[JennyDee]

Originally Posted by fredbros72

hey, motor mounts, support the motor with a jack,
1 bolt, 17mm on top, 3 lower 14 mm bolts on bottom, two on top one underneath, sneak mount out and sneak new one in , not too bad , jack it under the oil pan, use a piece of wood so not too damage pan,
struts, too save money , you can take struts out yourself, better off , taking struts too shop and have swap over, most of money is labor too remove, can do it yourself, but can be tricky,
front or rear struts,
usually do not have to replace upper mounts, sometimes bearings go in mounts , but most of the time ok, usually if leaking , want to replace boots, bumpers, and lower cushions, most rubber accessories, taking out the struts is pretty self explanatory, three small nuts on top, not the center one, two large nuts and bolts through hub,

Hello Fred:
Thank you for the details on the change out to the front mount of the 95 Camry. I had no problem following your directions. As a novice like myself, I was not sure why they included a double stud on the top of the new motor mount, but I figured out that they wanted me to use this to insure that I had the mount positoined before I locked down the bottom bolts. I let the engine down slowly on the motor mount and the roll pin popped into place, then I unscrewed the double chaser stud and inserted the top bolt. Only problem I had was that the bolt that mounted from the bottom seemed to strip at the last turn of the wrench, so I think that I did not have it started correctly, but the other two bolts are holding it just fine. Maybe I should have let the engine down completely and firmed up the two top bolts before trying to position the bottom one..... Oh well....

Again.. thanks for your details
Jenny