Ok, so yesterday I was just doing a weekly check-up on my Evo and I noticed my engine mount was loose. I pulled out a flash light and and noticed that the rear engine mount was completely severed from the tranny.



Umm... yeah....

So any ideas?

 

Wow.....

Dunno what to tell you. Wouldn't want to replace the whole tranny for that.

JB/TIG/MIG Weld? =X *shrug*

 

lack of care putting it back together on someones end there.. that blows.. hope its not too serious for you..

 

There are three 17mm bolts that keep the mounting plate attached to the gearbox. The one you see closest to you cannot be removed without taking the bushing mount off. This is the one you noticed by the cracked aluminum tab, right? The other two mounting bolts are located directly at the bottom of the plate. The bushing mount is held in place by two 17mm bolts. one at the top and one at the bottom of the bushing mount. It looks like the bushing for the steering rack crossmember is intact.

If you completely lost the gearbox mount, you would know from the thud noise the one would hear in between shifts and the engine would try to rotate towards the rear firewall. Start up the car, open the hood and give it some throttle from the intake. If the engine doesn't want to rotate back under throttle, then the lower bolts holding the plate are ok. next step is to get the aluminum tab welded back in place. You will have to remove the gearbox for this.
Follow the steps outlined in the how-to section to do a clutch change.

Once the gearbox is out, take the gearbox to a transmission shop and have them weld the piece back on. bring the mounting plate and bolts with you so that they can weld the piece back on straight.

The only way that piece could have got broken is because the lower two mounting bolts were loose or the plate was not mounted flush. If this is the case, the constant stress from the engine/gearbox during shifting would exert all of the force on that one bolt. With enough time and stress, the broken gearbox tab is your result. You are actually quite lucky.

 

I had that happen to me but the bolts broke not the mount. Id say have someone that can tig weld fix it up. Have it welded first and then gusseted on the sides for extra strength.