<VV> Motor mounting

[henry kaczmarek]

Mark
Yes, that's the co. website. I'm a CSR for Steele Rubber Products, been there for the last 5 years.

  If you ever have a question about any of our Corvair or other USA vehicle weatherstripping  Products, feel free to give me a call.  I was diagnosed with cancer on tuesday of last week after neck surgery so I won't be in the office until Wednesday.  You can also send e-mail to hkaczmarek at steelerubber.com , I check my work e-mail from home every day. 

Hank 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Durham 
  To: Sethracer at aol.com 
  Cc: kaczmarek at charter.net ; virtualvairs at corvair.org 
  Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:39 PM
  Subject: Re: <VV> Motor mounting


  https://secure.steelerubber.com/ Hank, Are you talking about this site? They do list the early style Corvair mount and a bunch of other corvair rubber parts. They will re-vulcanize if you send in the parts. 
  Mark Durham


  On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 7:07 PM, <Sethracer at aol.com> wrote:



    In a message dated 2/13/2010 6:23:09 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
    kaczmarek at charter.net writes:

    Writing  this because AFAIK Steele Rubber is the only company that rebuilds
    Corvair  mounts.  By the amount of cores we get from the vendors and from
    individual owners I can see no other alternative.

    >From Charles'  story we find another way that our car can become unsafe at
    any  speed.   So check your mounts.  And pretty please, with sugar  on
    top---DON'T JACK YOUR CAR UP BY THE MOTOR MOUNT!!!!! There are jacking
    points on the car----use them!!!  Doing the above guarantees  premature
    failure of the  LM  mount.

    Hank



    I agree, Hank, that the motor mount is a place where a small  inspection
    goes a long way. That said, Charles mount did not fail. A  catastrophic
    internal failure of the rubber in either the early design 65-  or the later design
    66-69 mount will not allow the motor to drop out of the  chassis. There are
    internal steel mechanisms to prevent that in both designs. On  the late
    models, there are a pair of crimp-design lock nuts holding the rear  engine
    bracket to the mount. There are four regular hex-head bolts holding  the other
    portion of the mount to the rear frame rail. ONLY if all four bolts  fall
    out or both nuts fall off, will the mount will depart it's designed  position
    and the engine (usually) drop down. Charles mentioned, in his  note, that
    the nuts had fallen off. So the important "take-away" from this  discussion,
    is to inspect the four bolts in the engine compartment and, somewhat  tougher
    to do, check your nuts! By the way, if you find yourself lifting the
    engine into place and you can't find a pair of the original design lock nuts to
    fit over the "figure-8" washer, the Corvair rocker-arm adjuster nuts will
    work  fine in this application. They are also a locking design. The late-late
    mount  can also be inspected, visually. A perky one, in good condition,
    should  stick up in the middle. If it is flat across when installed, it is  time
    to start looking for a replacement.

    I hate to admit this - But I drove a complete, 3-lap run at an autocross
    (Not at a Corvair-Convention) with my 140 linkage stuck to the floor, wide
    open. I used the ignition switch as an engine brake. I also had good metallic
     brakes.  Stupid? Yes. But the rules were you got one, three-lap run,  and
    once you went on course, no re-runs. And I was running for a  championship.
    PS - I took the class, and the championship. That was when I was  young and
    foolish - I am no longer young!

    Seth  Emerson

    C's the Day! - Corvair, Camaro,  Corvette


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