Manual Tranmission Mounting Point Rust

[Mr. Tasty]

i mean one would guess that, but is a welded patch enough to support a tranny? I don't know.


--Mike

Most of the weight is supported by the engine motor mounts. The transmission mounts only counteract the moment created by the transmission, and to align the drive shaft.

If you were to take the transmission brace off, the transmission only drops an inch or so.

[15Michaeljoseph]

huh... excellent to know. Thank you for telling me.


--Mike

[Mr. Tasty]

huh... excellent to know. Thank you for telling me.


--Mike

:up:

[Sea Aych]

What did you end up doing? I have a similar problem on my e30, only on the drivers side.

Still haven't touched it, as my m50 swap is underway. I'm thinking of a cut and weld, to be honest. When I take the car to have the exhaust welded I'll see what they say at first glance and report back. All other options like bolting through the floor or extending the bracket back to mount into the auto points seem a bit too hacked up..

As for the weight, it doesn't hold much, as was mentioned. It holds up fine with just the drivers side bolt tight, but I think causes the driveline vibration I have from 60-80kph.