subframe mountings

[roblee]

i cant not believe this.. i have got through 3 subframe mountings sinse i had the freakin car and can only put it down to bad design/crap cheap mountings. the driver side rear subframe mounting keeps shearing straight down the middle of the rubber. and i can see that that design is soo poor because correct me if i am wrong but rubber works well under load but these mountings are under a pulling strain therefore the rubber cant cope. surely other people have had this problem as i can only see it as an awful design for rubber.
anyway im gunna buy some genuine ones as opposed to the non genuine ones and see if theres a difference but i cant help but think something is not right.

Rob

[AntMan]

Admittedly the non genuine 1's are cheap but still should last and not have to be replaced 3 times !! Hope you have better luck with the genuine 1's and maybe paying a little bit more might help lol !!

See you at college mate,

Ant

[Simon1275mpi]

Maybe you have another under lying issue.

I assume your front tear drop mounts are okay? Have your replaced the rubbers on the towers?

Do you often do 'j' turns or play in the fields?

[monkeyjim]

As above , is something else wrong ? . Bent subframe ? I dont know

Have replaced knackered mounts but not had subframe mount failures in nearly 20 years of Mini-ing.

Dave

[MiniGT5]

I find the floor tends to go first on mine... oh thats because mine are solid and Si "Makes" me do J Turns :X

N :-)

[Simon1275mpi]

admin said:

I find the floor tends to go first on mine... oh thats because mine are solid and Si "Makes" me do J Turns :X

N :-)

Hey, I wasn't even in the car!