cracked engine mount

[levonskinator]

well my warrior engine was vibrating and moving in the frame alot, so i went and took a look. Both mounts that are on the head to the frame were completley snapped off. The only good thing is that they bolt onto the frame, so i can replace them easy. my question is would it be a good idea to weld 2 together for extra strength?

 

[Guest]

weld the old ones or new ones? if u get new ones you should be fine just make sure there tight and that the other ones are tight...

 

[levonskinator]

no i mean weld 2 new ones together so instead of it being like | | it will be like || ||

 

[madcow]

Yea mine are trashed too but I've been to lazy to replace them. I can't see why you couldn't do that, but I would just reinforce them with some steel instead of another mount, it'll be cheaper that way.

 

[yamarider]

There shouldn't be any reason to reinforce them, they're not a load bearing piece to begin with. If you broke them then something else is wrong... like your lower mounts, the ones that actually support the motor, are loose. I never once broke an upper motor mount, and I landed bumper-first in a pile of big rocks at 30 mph... if that isn't enough stress on the frame and mounts than I don't know what is.

 

[madcow]

My lower mounts are probably bad too, I'm gonna check everything out soon enough,

 

[levonskinator]

yea thats what i figured, it had been vibrating a little bit for a while, then it got really bad, and the engine was twisting in the frame, and the upper ones were broken and the front lower one was loose

 

[canadianzuk]

Same here, and most Warriors I have seen have stress cracked upper head mounts. Nothing else is wrong with your bike, they just weren't designed very well. Easy fix, weld a washer to the outside of each side of the mount (2 washers). Cheap, easy, much stronger than factory.

 

[levonskinator]

do u mean where it bolts to the frame or where it bolts to the engine?

 

[Guest]

o yea thats what we did to mine...u need 4 washers at the correct size and just sandwich the new washers over where the bolt would go through and use like a vise grip to hold and start welding a bead in between the washers...think of it as an oreo...lol the washers are the black cookies and the weld is the creme inside...lmao,but thats wut i had to do and it worked great

 

[canadianzuk]

Yup, weld the washers to the frame tabs.

 

[levonskinator]

should i also weld them to the holes by the engine head, bc thats where it cracked