do it yourself motor mount inserts

[lostforawhile]

I know people here have filled the stock mounts before, I just found this article and product, very interesting way of making factory mounts much stronger

http://www.energysuspensionparts.com...nt-Inserts.asp

[lostforawhile]

This product is very interesting, if you happen to know how to make plaster molds, I could see sway bar bushings, etc, being made, with a little bit of modification to the technique, it could be used to fill in stock dog bone bushings and make them much more solid. I'm going to have to find a set of the bar bushings now that are new and mold myself some, there are other parts as well such as cross member bushings etc, make a mold with several of them, pour it, wait a couple of days, and new parts

[88lxi-shortram]

thats interesting... i may try that later on when i build my old motor

[lostforawhile]

http://www.ehow.com/how_4464284_make-plaster-molds.html

here's an e how on making a plaster two sided mold, combine this with the technique from the article and you can make a urethane part of almost anything you need

[88lxi-shortram]

lol im sure you could but unless its something that is just a straight line with straight turns, i wont be able to do it. im horrbile with persecption and measurements... which is why im having such a problem learning alignment

[lostforawhile]

lol im sure you could but unless its something that is just a straight line with straight turns, i wont be able to do it. im horrbile with persecption and measurements... which is why im having such a problem learning alignment

think of it this way, get a couple of factory sway bar mounts, which no one makes except for factory, make a plaster mold of both of them,really easy to do, pour it, in a couple of days split it open and you have urethane sway bar mounts which don't exist. all you would have to do is trim up a little flash and cut the split in them like factory, no modifying them, they would fit perfectly like a factory part, you don't have to measure, you are copying the factory parts

[Dr_Snooz]

You'd have to have a fairly complicated mold to capture the flanges and hole on the original mount. I don't see it working. You should make a How-To.

[Ichiban]

Why not just buy the insert stock and machine it yourself? We're both machinists...

[Demon1024]

love ya for that link lost you gave me some ideas!

Honestly i buy the red insert kit from an auto parts place and cut them. Only a slight mod for the bracket and all good.

[lostforawhile]

Why not just buy the insert stock and machine it yourself? We're both machinists...

I'm talking about the one at the bar, the ones at the link ends I already machined down some energy suspension ends, this idea seems like it would work for the oddball bushings you can't get

[2drSE-i]

The dog bone is actually a really good idea lost. That stupid bushing has a ridiculous amount of play in it (Even new ones...). It's really only there to limit engine movement, but i think with less play it would do it's job more effectively.

[lostforawhile]

The dog bone is actually a really good idea lost. That stupid bushing has a ridiculous amount of play in it (Even new ones...). It's really only there to limit engine movement, but i think with less play it would do it's job more effectively.

the best thing about this idea is you can select three different grades of urethane, then make exact copies of OEM parts in a much stiffer material, I will be doing the one with the molds around the first, I've cast plaster before, it's not that hard to do

[Hauntd ca3]

an easy way to make urethane bushes that are not available, is to get a chunk of urethane round stock, freeze it solid and turn it on the lathe.
you have to be quick, as it heats up pretty quick tho