Motor mounts

akajibio

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Well, I narrowed down the dash vibration to worn motor mounts. This weekend I crawled underneath the Jeep to have a look and realized that the driver side will be somewhat challenging. Any helpful hints on how to attack this project?
 
In the past when I changed the motor mounts on my '98 XJ I used a floor jack and a piece of plywood under the oil pan to support the engine.
I asked for the assistance from a Jeep friend to cut down the beneath and above access.
Suggest you replace both motor mounts and at least inspect the transmission mount.
 
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Well, I narrowed down the dash vibration to worn motor mounts. This weekend I crawled underneath the Jeep to have a look and realized that the driver side will be somewhat challenging. Any helpful hints on how to attack this project?
Ran into same problem scroll through bottom 1/2 this thread post #9 and it was my fix. Pushed the bolt out as far as I could, cut it with a grinder and replaced with a new bolt from other side. I couldn't figure out any easier way


 
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In the past when I changed the motor mounts on my '98 XJ I used a floor jack and a piece of plywood under the oil pan to support the engine.
I asked for the assistance from a Jeep friend to cut down the beneath and above access.
Suggest you replace both motor mounts and at least inspect the transmission mount.

Thank you, that helpful! My jeep is lifted 6", so Ill need a large piece of wood to actually lift the motor with my heavy duty floor jack. Thanks for the advice. 👌👍👍
 
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Well, I narrowed down the dash vibration to worn motor mounts. This weekend I crawled underneath the Jeep to have a look and realized that the driver side will be somewhat challenging. Any helpful hints on how to attack this project?
Remove the bracket from the engine block on that side. Take the bracket and motor mount out the bottom. That will save your bolt. When you put it back in put the bolt in the other direction.
 
yes of course

You need them if you go the other route and remove the intake and exhaust for better access. I did it this way but was also installing some headers at the time. It's still easier to unbolt the bracket from the block if you have AC.

And if you haven't already done the install, get the Anchor brand mounts. They seem the best at the current time. The ears on the OMIX ADA ones from India are too narrow.
 
It's been a looonnnng time since I installed mine, but I'm pretty sure my set of crow's foot wrenches came in handy for the 2nd time in my life.
 
In the past when I changed the motor mounts on my '98 XJ I used a floor jack and a piece of plywood under the oil pan to support the engine.
I asked for the assistance from a Jeep friend to cut down the beneath and above access.
Suggest you replace both motor mounts and at least inspect the transmission mount.

I didn’t put anything on the oil pan,I used a piece of pipe,in a floor jack placed on various places on the block,not a hard job at all when I did my motor mount lift.
 
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