Re: Time to share your Redneck Homebrew fixes for the 9.5 OMC Front Motor Mount Issue

[eviltwin]

Different application, but I had a honda civic that the motor mount had worn out. it threaded into the frame and there is a "captive" nut welded inside the frame. well the nut rusted free from its weld inside the frame. so there was no way to get a wrench in there to loosen it, it would just spin. I googled it and looked on some civic forums and these guys commonly make their own motor mounts with urethane. One way was Black Magic windshield urethane, most auto stores carry it. I opted for a cheaper tube of PL urethane from Loctite @ home depot. Put it on jackstands for the weekend and filled the worn mount with the stuff. Totally messy stuff. By Monday it hadn’t dried but I needed to have transportation and I started driving it. To my surprise it didn’t squeeze out or rupture even though it hadn’t dried. And it worked! As the week went on it cured and became firmer and firmer. Once it cured it worked excellent. Car was totaled about 2 yrs later but that fix still held strong. I did the other side with a tube I also found at Home Depot of PL that didn’t require a caulk gun. It only cost about 5 bucks and it also worked good. I also found it to work good on Control arm bushings, never even disassembled, just squeezed it in around the disintegrated one. Fo your need, I would make a mold of the part and fill it with this stuff, wait a week or so for it to really cure and you should have something to work with.

Best Redneck fix I seen since the one where they set a tire bead with starting fluid.