Missing part of Front Motor Mount?

[Fmstrat]

Hey guys, I've got a question. I'm filling my front and rear mounts with urethane today. Took them off last night and noticed something odd. My front motor mount has a hole in the rubber filled with a metal cylinder. Sounds normal, except the hole in the cylinder is twice the diameter of the bolt that goes through it. This doesn't seem right to me. Here are some pictures for reference:

Front motor mount:
http://www.curtiscreative.net/tmp/FrontMount.jpg

Rear motor mount:
http://www.curtiscreative.net/tmp/BackMount.jpg

Is my mount missing some kind of insert? Notice the hole in the back mount is much smaller.

 

[Nanan]

Automatic?

Um I really do not remember any sleeve on the front engine mount, the bolt should be rather large and fill the hole just fine. I could be wrong and I am sure someone whos taken the front engine mount out more then 3 times will remember.

 

[Fmstrat]

No, it's a manual. And it just seems... odd.

 

[midwesteclipse]

Did you notice that the rear bolts isn't as large around as the front. You should be good man, nothing should come out. Is there still a metal bushing in the front one? If it's just rubber, then yeah there's a problem. But it looks like there is one, so just assemble it.

 

[Fmstrat]

My front and rear bolts are the same size. The peice that goes around the mount has holes just big enough for the bolt to fit through, so it seems to be the right bolt. A thicker bolt wouldn't fit through there. I get a "thunking" sound when I launch hard, and I'm just wondering if since the hole in the mount is 50% larger than the bolt, if that's what's hitting.