Broken Body Mount?
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Racer
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Maple Ridge British Columbia
Broken Body Mount?
Hi folks, I've discovered I have what looks like a broken body mount on the driver's side rear corner. Here are the pics, can you tell me if I need to fix this right away or can it wait?
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Boca Raton Florida
Thats not broken, its cancer, of the #4 mount. Needs to be replaced but tis been that way a while. Getting to the top side of the rivets is a pita, but it can be done, its a good weekend job
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Russell Ontario
St. Jude Donor '09
Yes you can wait a bit , and it's not too hard to change , here's one I did I wanted to change the upper steele piece, but never got the part , it was a friends car make sure you use the same shims has you took out , the upper part is just held on by rivets ,Ron
Last edited by RonR80; May 8, 2012 at 08:40 AM.
Race Director
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From: North of Toronto - Ontario
I replaced on of mine (pass side)
Cut the old one out, check and the glass seemed fine
measured the gap and made up a spacer to hold everything in the right place, pried between the frame and body right there and slide the old mount out / spacer in
Took the new reinforcement and trimmed the back flange down just enough the sneak it in (can't get in there to rivet it anyway)
Put a health layer of poly-adhesive (basically exterior construction adhesive) all inside the bottom of the bracket, slid it inplace, put the mount with the shims back in and snugged up the bolt, riveted anywhere I could (2 in the front, side and 1 in the inside)
This picture one has some of the rivets in
Mooser
Cut the old one out, check and the glass seemed fine
measured the gap and made up a spacer to hold everything in the right place, pried between the frame and body right there and slide the old mount out / spacer in
Took the new reinforcement and trimmed the back flange down just enough the sneak it in (can't get in there to rivet it anyway)
Put a health layer of poly-adhesive (basically exterior construction adhesive) all inside the bottom of the bracket, slid it inplace, put the mount with the shims back in and snugged up the bolt, riveted anywhere I could (2 in the front, side and 1 in the inside)
This picture one has some of the rivets in
Mooser
