Helicoil motor mounts??

[burnsie]

Hi all.

About a month ago I bought a 96 country with about 121,xxx on the clock. Over the past month I have been fixing some little things and upgrading some bigger things i.e. track bar, tie rod end steering stabilizer etc. Last week I was driving home from a meeting and hit a pot hole (gotta love Detroit roads) and the bolts holding the passenger side motor mount in the block broke and the motor cocked to the right. I took the jeep to a local shop that does a lot work for me and they drilled out the old bolts and re tapped the holes and put studs in. About 20 minutes after I picked it up after the repairs I was driving home and hit a bump and the studs pulled out of the block. :bawl:

Now they want to helicoil the block and I am not sure if the helicoils will be able to handle the load? Has anyone been through this before and if so what did you do? Will a helicoil take the tourque of the motor? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks,

 

[Kejtar]

You might want to search for "welded motor mounts" or something like that as there has been a thread about this a while back. I don't recall what the final solution was but I remember that the discussion got pretty involved with the different options available.

 

[lazyxj]

Properly installed Helicoils are as strong as the original threads, the key word is 'properly installed'. Make sure to use the matching drill with the Helicoil.