Re: Transmission Mounts

["Joe Rae" <quattro@ptinet.net>]

Last Monday  I replaced the engine mounts and the tranny mounts on my
4000csq. Since changing them the car starts better and quiter. Also it
shifts smoother, maybe because the gear selector does not rattle around
anymore, I do not know.
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: Buchholz, Steven <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>
To: 'Howard Dinits' <AQUATTRO4U@aol.com>
Cc: 'qlist' <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 12:20 PM
Subject: RE: Transmission Mounts


>Well, I can't really see why bad ones would contribute to poor shifting
>given that the shift linkage is indexed to the tranny case itself, but I
>must say that the mounts on my 4kSQ with 205K miles were pretty much shot.
>The one on the passenger side was protected with a shield, so it wasn't
THAT
>bad, but with engine oil and Pentosin dripping on it over the years the one
>on the driver's side wasn't doing much.  I will be replacing the tranny
>mounts on my '88 5kCSQA with 140K on principle, but I don't yet know the
>condition of the ones that are installed.  The one on the driver's side
>should be pretty easy to do with the tranny in place ... it will probably
>take a bit more to do the passenger's side ...
>
>BTW, I also found the driver's side engine mount to be shot.  IMO the
engine
>mounts are the ones to be most worried about.  While I'm not sure I buy it
>yet, I've heard some say that engine mount failure is at least a
contributor
>to broken EMs & studs ... I know that on the QTC a broken passenger's side
>engine mount allowed the engine to drop enough so that the oil pan would
>contact the subframe crossmember on acceleration.
>
>Steve Buchholz
>San Jose, CA (USA)
>
>> ----------
>> From: AQUATTRO4U@aol.com[SMTP:AQUATTRO4U@aol.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 10:54 AM
>> To: Quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>> Subject: Transmission Mounts
>>
>> Do these need replacing?
>> At what mileage do they need to be replaced?
>> Anyone with BTDT's on this subject?
>>
>> Howard Dinits
>>