[Jagalag]

Anyone know where to get the most rugged, low cost aftermarket motor mounts?? At 263K, not really keen on splurging on OEM, but it's also not something I want to do again, especially since I'm paying the mechanic to do it. He allows me to source my own parts, so that's a plus. The dogbone mount is arguably the weakest one of them all, so the bushing material matters.

 

[insightbrewery]

rugged, low cost aftermarket

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most rugged

I suppose one could do a comparo. But I've tried most every aftermarket mount brand available for Camrys and derived platforms from this era, and they all failed within 20K. Well, except one, but that was a weird, pulsing air mount (front) for an ES300. Dunno if that failed early as the owner and I are no longer in contact, but I do remember that I had to hack it together to work with the mount VSV fittings.

Were it me, I'd go hunting for good OE mounts at a Pick-n-pull, and buy a new OE dogbone (used the usual aftermarkets on my own cars, they all suck). Maybe see if the ES dogbone is thicker - it is compared to the one on my V6 manual Camry, so I'm upgrading (needed bracket from ES, and I believe a couple of the bolts were different). HTH

 

[Jagalag]

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I suppose one could do a comparo. But I've tried most every aftermarket mount brand available for Camrys and derived platforms from this era, and they all failed within 20K. Well, except one, but that was a weird, pulsing air mount (front) for an ES300. Dunno if that failed early as the owner and I are no longer in contact, but I do remember that I had to hack it together to work with the mount VSV fittings.

Were it me, I'd go hunting for good OE mounts at a Pick-n-pull, and buy a new OE dogbone (used the usual aftermarkets on my own cars, they all suck). Maybe see if the ES dogbone is thicker - it is compared to the one on my V6 manual Camry, so I'm upgrading (needed bracket from ES, and I believe a couple of the bolts were different). HTH

Thanks Insight. I went ahead and already ordered a cheap set of four from Flea bay. My hopes are that if all of them are replaced at the same time, then there's less of a chance of weaker one failing prematurely. In your opinion, which one takes the most pressure? The dog-bone, front lower, rear, or tranny mount?

Also, do you think that the little strut next to the front mount also need to be replaced at the same time? Appreciate the input.

 

[insightbrewery]

Yeah, if one fails and you let it go for a while it stresses the others and they will fail, one by one. Dunno about one taking the "most pressure," but I'd say dogbone is definitely the weakest. Adequate for its role, let's put it that way.

If you mean the shift shock damper, nah. rare for them to go bad, not many aftermarket options anyway.