Front engine mount bracket

[raptoranderson]

So the infamous front-right engine mount bracket on my 2G Eclipse has shorn-off at the bolts and so I am in need of a new one. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can fix this easily and without much hassle? It seems as though I'm going to have to remove the cam belt and jack the engine up so that I can get to the bracket as the engine has dropped 2 or 3 inches on the right-side because the bracket broke. I don't have a trolley jack so the car will undoubtedly have to go to a garage to have the work done, plus it needs to be remapped and tuned since it's running lean

 

[Dsmkauai]

The bolts broke in the block? That's going to be a tuff fix and probably impossible with the engine in.

 

[raptoranderson]

Nooo they broke in the bracket thankfully

 

[Dsmkauai]

Which bolt just the one missing in your pic?

 

[raptoranderson]

The two bolts that hold together the engine mount and the engine mount bracket are the ones that broke off. I'll find a better picture of it in a second. But the old engine mount bracket has the bolts broken off in it and so I'd need to drill out the bolts and have the mount re-threaded if I was to reuse the bracket, which I'm not planning on doing

 

[raptoranderson]

The two bolts you can see sticking up are the ones that broke off. The mount itself has the red polybushing on it and is gray whereas the bracket is the part that is bolted onto the mount and black in colour

 

[Dsmkauai]

Not sure how shipping would be but I have a extra of both if you should need. Lmk

 

[raptoranderson]

I've found a set on eBay as I'm getting anxious to drive the car since the mount is the only part holding the car back from being driven but thank you for the offer! I have a spare of the mount itself and both of the rear mounts should you or anyone else need them As well as a 16G turbocharger rebuild kit and O2 housing and a T25 with a bad thrust seal (hence why the previous owner replaced the T25 with a 20G)

 

[raptoranderson]

Just got the new mount and bracket in the mail yesterday and everything seems to be in good order! I was just about to ask if the timing belt would have to be removed in order to remove the engine mount, but when researching how to remove the timing belt I saw that the first step was to remove the engine mount. Go figure

 

[StanleyDSM]

yeah thats our dsm's. Lol there not hard to change at all, I think the hardest one is the middle back one. Behind the engine.

 

[raptoranderson]

The only thing is that the engine is dipped towards the front-right of the engine bay because the mount has broken, so I'm not sure how easy it will be to access .... but i'm going to see what I can do. I'm not sure how the engine will be lifted up so that the mount can be reattached either since jacking it up would mean risking putting a dent in wherever the jack is pushing up. Some people have suggested several layers of cardboard or carpet between the jack and the oil pan to spread-out the pressure as much as possible but I'm very hesitant to try this idea WTF

 

[StanleyDSM]

Yeah that's pretty much the only way to do it. Either that or get a piece of wood and put thick piece of styrofoam between the wood and oil pan. That's the way I done mine if that helps.

 

[raptoranderson]

I'll cross my fingers and give it a go it looks like the mount bracket can be removed without having to remove the timing belt or any of the gears the belt attaches to. Is this correct or am I going to have to remove other parts to get to it?

 

[StanleyDSM]

Yeah you can remove it with out removing anything else. And yes its the right arm. It took me literally like ten minutes to change mine last time and I was slacking around too. Lol so its not hard.