Engine mounts

[Greenacarina]

Hello!
I am putting a new engine in my 88 truck. Figured I should replace motor mounts and clean the cross member. Any tricks for accessing the nuts besides disassembling the front suspension?
Looks like I need to pull the front springs??

Thanks.

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Hello!
I am putting a new engine in my 88 truck. Figured I should replace motor mounts and clean the cross member. Any tricks for accessing the nuts besides disassembling the front suspension?
Looks like I need to pull the front springs??

Thanks.

Soon well be in the same boat. What I did a long time ago was use a long box end wrench and taped it to another wrench. I'll have to send a pic so you can picture it better

 

[Greenacarina]

I am really hoping not to get to that point.
Honestly I would pull the springs out if it came down to it. Or cut some windows in the cross member.

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

I'm going to try a socket on a taped wobbler on a long extension.

 

[Schurkey]

I am putting a new engine in my 88 truck. Figured I should replace motor mounts and clean the cross member. Any tricks for accessing the nuts besides disassembling the front suspension?
Looks like I need to pull the front springs??

2WD or 4WD?

I got the mounts out of my '88 K1500 without doing anything to the suspension.

THEN, I found out that there's no good options for 4WD engine mounts on GMT400 vehicles. I had to put my worn-out mounts right back in.

Apparently, there's still "Genuine GM" mounts for the 2WD vehicles. No idea how the mounts come out on those.

 

[eran tomer]

indeed the mounts available for 4wd are utterly junk.
summit racing sells all sorts of poly inserts for the 4wd mounts. if you have a good clam shell you have to drill out the rivets of the shell, seperate the 2 halves and than install, hoping the 3 bolts will hold them together. they provide with 3 zip ties to hold it temporarily.

 

[Schurkey]

The inserts I bought were NOTHING like the originals in size, shape, or the shape of the steel insert molded-into the Polyurethane piece that fits inside the clamshell.

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[eran tomer]

maybe because they aren't suitable for 88.

 

[Schurkey]

How are the '88 mounts different from any newer 4WD GMT400 gasoline V-8 mounts?

Energy Suspension and Summit list that part number as fitting my '88 K1500 L05.

 

[eran tomer]

oh i though you had an r/v 88.
it's wider but should fit inside. the original mount has gaps between the rubber and the shell. did you try it?