How to Support the Engine when Replacing Motor Mounts

Video Transcript

"In this clip, we're going to talk about the proper service procedure for removing and reinstalling a motor mount. In this clip, we're going to talk about and demonstrate the proper service procedure for supporting our engine for our motor mount removal. If you have access to a cherry picker or an engine sling. The engine sling is going to mount on the fender wells here and here and it?s pretty much just a large metal structure that you can drop a chain down to one of the lift hooks. The same procedure is used for a cherry picker if you have availability on it. The cherry picker is what's used actually to actually lift the engine out of the car once you have the motor mounts disconnected. You'll wheel your cherry picker over, hook the load chain to the hook here and apply tension to it. If you're using the bottom support method, only replace one engine mount at a time. What that will do is allow the other engine mounts and transmission mounts to bear some of the weight while you remove one of the motor mounts. I'm going to go ahead and slide underneath with my floor jack and chunk of wood. Once I have my jack in place and my block of wood there, its ok to go ahead and squeeze it up onto the vehicle. The location I have it in, I'm actually touching part of the cradle, the exhaust very slightly and the oil pan. Now this is an only an ok procedure if you're not jacking the engine up. All we're doing is supporting it, which makes this ok. If you don't feel comfortable performing this, don't perform the repair. But this is the proper way to distribute the load. You can see how I have it spread way across the whole bottom of the oil pan and across the cradle. What that's going to do is keep the weight from being focused in one point possibly damaging a component. That is the proper way to support your engine for motor mount removal and replacement."