• Engine mount gap

Posted: **Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:14 pm**

All,
I am helping my mechanic install my overhauled engine. We are installing the vibration isolators. There is a gap between the engine mount welded on washer and the vibration isolators. Is this a normal thing on maules or do I have something wrong? BTW it is a1981 M6-235.

Posted: **Sat Jul 13, 2019 5:48 pm**

A picture would certainly help, but I don't think there should be any space between the rubber mounts at all.

Posted: **Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:47 pm**

Posted: **Sun Jul 14, 2019 6:57 pm**

Not good. Needs to be flush with the isolator. Looks like it's been in a wreck.

Posted: **Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:13 pm**

They definitely look bent either by previous damage or during the welding process. I went back and looked at my pictures during my overhaul process and my mount flanges are all flat with no space.

Closest pics I have before the mount was redone.

Engine mount flanges by gdflys1gregflys, on Flickr

Posted: **Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:51 pm**

Where they high pressure sand blasted?

Posted: **Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:21 pm**

The "before" photos are the way they are supposed to look. Definitely looks like the result of a welding process that wasn't corrected. At this point the outer edges can be pulled forward, and then surface plane the whole mount surface.

Posted: **Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:36 pm**

Ray just to clarify the second set of pictures are my mount not the original posterâ€™s mount.

Posted: **Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:49 pm**

I apologize for the mix-up Greg. Thanks to you for posting your photos so that we can all see how the flanges are supposed to look.

Posted: **Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:29 am**

All,
Thanks for the help. After talking with my mechanic some more we decided to fix it like Riverbuggy mentioned. It was involved in an incident. It was a low speed, low power, taxi incident. It should not have caused this damage. Everything in the engine was checked and was fine. Freedom, I did blast it in a cabinet with glass bead.
-Kneel