Best Differential Mount?
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Best Differential Mount?
I had just busted my mount about a month ago. Replaced it and then i got under the car the other day cause I started hearing a noise again. I look and half the mount is torn. I want to get a mount that isnt going to rip, tear, bust, break or anything. I have tried looking but didnt find any that seem alright. I dont want to put a used one in again and it last a few weeks. I havent been drifting or doing hard lauches or anything like that. It is the LSD diff idk if that makes a difference on the mount. Its also a S4.
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Alright ill do that here in a little bit. I gotta wait for rain to let up. Is there a easier way to replace the mount? I might have done it the hard way but it seemed like it took forever.
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Disclaimer: flipping the rear mount or in any way reusing a partially broken part is NOT a permanent solution but in fact a short term and temporary solution which will allow you to drive to your local Mazda dealership and pick the part up and back, at which point you will need to fix the car properly
Mazdatrix sells diff mounts -> http://www.mazdatrix.com/G8DiffMnt.HTM
But from the description of the problem, it sounds like you are talking about the front mount. Are we talking about the cylindrical shaped mount or the one with the long arm sticking out from it?
And you shouldn't need the snubber if you replace the part.
Mazdatrix sells diff mounts -> http://www.mazdatrix.com/G8DiffMnt.HTM
But from the description of the problem, it sounds like you are talking about the front mount. Are we talking about the cylindrical shaped mount or the one with the long arm sticking out from it?
And you shouldn't need the snubber if you replace the part.
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Is the competition mount better? I would think so and it would cost more.. is it cheaper becasue it doesnt have the weight block? I am going to order the competition one more than likely..
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If you're constantly breaking the front mount, you need to look at the rear mounts as well. It means the rear mounts aren't doing their share of the load bearing, sending it all to the front mount.
If you replace the front mount with a beefier unit, you'll eventually rip off the subframe bracket that it bolts on to. It's happened to two cars that I have owned so far.
If you replace the front mount with a beefier unit, you'll eventually rip off the subframe bracket that it bolts on to. It's happened to two cars that I have owned so far.
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Follow everyone elses advice including mine and replace those two rear bushings (they are allowing the diff to move up and down too much at this point), get a better front mount (mazdatrix comp is fine as long as you do the rears and snubber), and do the pinion snubber. You will never look back at this thread after doing that.
By the way, the weight block can be transferred from your old front mount. No big deal.
See my build thread in the signature....
By the way, the weight block can be transferred from your old front mount. No big deal.
See my build thread in the signature....
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I would replace all the mounts with mazdaspeed competition mounts (same one as the mazdatrix one)
corksport sells them in a kit:
http://www.corksport.com/product-32496.html
and installing a pinion snubber wouldn't hurt either, it's cheap and pretty easy.
corksport sells them in a kit:
http://www.corksport.com/product-32496.html
and installing a pinion snubber wouldn't hurt either, it's cheap and pretty easy.
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+1 on the pinion snubber.
I replaced my front diff mount w/ the mazdacomp, and the rears w/ MMR . I wanted to do the snubber at the same time but the lames @ summit took a month to send them (and then they were wrong) Now under very low speed acceleration, usually in reverse. I get a very slight clunk. I guess it could be my unbolted swaybar, but somethign tells me otherwise.
Just do it right the first...err.. thrid time
I replaced my front diff mount w/ the mazdacomp, and the rears w/ MMR . I wanted to do the snubber at the same time but the lames @ summit took a month to send them (and then they were wrong) Now under very low speed acceleration, usually in reverse. I get a very slight clunk. I guess it could be my unbolted swaybar, but somethign tells me otherwise.
Just do it right the first...err.. thrid time
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Im going to order the kit from CS, along with a snubber. Its such a pain in my opinion to replace it but ones its done right it should be good. I appreciate the help guys.
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