I'm about to give my kidney to a recipient in a few months and was wondering if there are any groups I could look into/join. Merely for the fact that I think it would be cool to connect with others who have gone through the same thing.
(My sister had found a group of graduates of her university like 5 years after she graduated and moved across the country and they all got together and watched movies)
Let me preface, yes, I will upgrade the motor mounts later. Yes Brown Dog. Yes I understand.
I installed new OEM ones. The old ones were not cracked, but they seemed to have been compressed or separated from the metal casing.
The new motor mounts are symmetrical, the rubber piece sits within the metal casing evenly, but as soon as installed, they are now "crooked", as you can see in the picture of my pass side one. the rubber has been forced to shift towards the firewall. Another way of putting it is the metal casing that goes over the top has shifted towards the front of the vehicle.
If the motor is going to push, or load the mounts this much, why not make them offset from the factory? Why stress the rubber prematurely.
Am I stupid or am I stupid?
On the upside, it does look like it's been like that for a while. Hope it holds. Place your bets... lol
As to why I don't fix it before leaving, I'm busy every day up until the day I leave and I have no time to tackle this.
So I have just replaced balljoints, drag link and other suspension components chasing a very loose(wandering) steering. Took it to the alignment shop and they aligned it to 0 toe.
While the steering is improved, it still feels loose, even the tech that test drove it said so.
I'm leaning towards the steering box at this point. What else can I look for to fully diagnose that my steering box is indeed bad. Or, what else could cause loose steering?
