Time to share your Redneck Homebrew fixes for the 9.5 OMC Front Motor Mount Issue

[eviltwin]

Different application, but I had a honda civic that the motor mount had worn out. it threaded into the frame and there is a "captive" nut welded inside the frame. well the nut rusted free from its weld inside the frame. so there was no way to get a wrench in there to loosen it, it would just spin. I googled it and looked on some civic forums and these guys commonly make their own motor mounts with urethane. One way was Black Magic windshield urethane, most auto stores carry it. I opted for a cheaper tube of PL urethane from Loctite @ home depot. Put it on jackstands for the weekend and filled the worn mount with the stuff. Totally messy stuff. By Monday it hadn’t dried but I needed to have transportation and I started driving it. To my surprise it didn’t squeeze out or rupture even though it hadn’t dried. And it worked! As the week went on it cured and became firmer and firmer. Once it cured it worked excellent. Car was totaled about 2 yrs later but that fix still held strong. I did the other side with a tube I also found at Home Depot of PL that didn’t require a caulk gun. It only cost about 5 bucks and it also worked good. I also found it to work good on Control arm bushings, never even disassembled, just squeezed it in around the disintegrated one. Fo your need, I would make a mold of the part and fill it with this stuff, wait a week or so for it to really cure and you should have something to work with.

Best Redneck fix I seen since the one where they set a tire bead with starting fluid.

[fisherman6]

I have set tire beads with starting fluid myself. It’s a little scary and I don’t really recommend it, but it does work. Just don’t try it with ATV tires. I once saw a 3 wheeler tire go to about twice it’s normal size after being set with a shot of ether. 😯 😯 YIKES!
-Ben

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[garry-in-michigan]

I had problems with a tubeless tire leaking around the rim. I sealed it with Marprox Sealer 1000 (AKA Scotch Grip 847). A couple years later I tried to replaced it with a new tire. The tire company (Goodyear) ripped it to shreds and finally used a disk sander to get the shreds loose. The new tire wouldn’t seal, so I ended up buying a used rim from them. . . 😆

I have had good luck making motor mounts out of the black urethane and elevator bolts. Elevator bolts are like carriage bolts only the heads are wider and flatter. . . 😉

[Mumbles]

Who was it a few years ago made his own trailer spring bushings with Urethane or something similar? He was thinking of making some of the small OMC cowl mounts but I never heard anymore. Anyone know?

[eviltwin]

quote Fisherman6:

I have set tire beads with starting fluid myself. It’s a little scary and I don’t really recommend it, but it does work. Just don’t try it with ATV tires. I once saw a 3 wheeler tire go to about twice it’s normal size after being set with a shot of ether. 😯 😯 YIKES!
-Ben

I couldn’t get it work on a car tire, I don’t reccoment it for that. Did it on a few different lawn tractors and wheelbarrows and it worked great. I think the sidewalls have to be more flexible for it to work.

Gary, great tip on the Scotch Grip, I have in the past tried panel adhesive on bad beads with mixed results, but have looked for something like that. Next time I get a bad bead I am going to try it.

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