OEM Differential Mount Warning

Dennis N Culligan wrote:

A follow up to my note the other day. The rear rubber diff mounts that I had installed just last month failed after only 800 miles. Upon removing them from the car, the extent of the failure was worse than first thought. On one, the metal 'ears' that the bolts go through were well and truly bent. The other one was worse. Not only were the 'ears' bent, but the metal had actually broken and the rubber was split all the way around. My mechanic contacted the distributor (Moss) and told them of the failure. They did offer credit for the faulty parts. We have gone ahead and installed polyeurathane bushings that we got from British Parts North West - called 'em on Tuesday, told 'em what we needed, and had the parts IN HAND by around 10:00 AM EST on Wednesday - That's the way to do business! The new parts are CONSIDERABLY stronger than the others - the metal piece that runs across the middle is easily 2x as thick as the ones we got from Moss and covers the whole area inside the bushing itself -the one from Moss only had a thin lip of metal around the outside (this is undoubtedly why it broke). Forewarned is forearmed, and your mileage may vary. Later...

Dennis Culligan / '76 TR6 CF57948U / Highland