UUC tranny mounts with cups

esqu1re · 08-18-2010, 09:09 AM

Has anyone had a hard time putting in the 4 bolts holding the engine mount bracket after replacing with UUC tranny mounts? It's not that I can't get my fingers in between the bracket and the exhaust pipe---the holes just don't line up anymore.

I have the black neoprene with the cups and I cannot get 1 of the four bolts connecting the brace to go back into the hole. I think the aluminum cups make the transmission bushing a little too wide (pushes against the transmission) and the transmission brace bolts can't line up completely with the holes.

Has anyone had this problem? I'm thinking about replacing the offending bushing with a stock one and calling it a day. I spent almost two hours trying to align one of the bolts.

3002 tii · 08-18-2010, 03:10 PM

sorry mine went in fine w/o the cups. why not install w/o the enforcers and send those back?

esqu1re · 08-18-2010, 04:20 PM

I'm going to try to get the cups off the enforcers tonight...man, they're stuck in there tight.

franco209 · 08-18-2010, 05:13 PM

Mine went in fine also with or with out the cup. May be jack up the tranny a little bit?

jbh · 08-18-2010, 09:46 PM

See my PM I send you, put the brace on first (loose) and then install the mounts, cup side down. Its tought to get the top nuts tight but a small socket wrench makes it work out ok.

esqu1re · 08-19-2010, 02:50 PM

Thanks for all your help. I ended up removing the cups and installed with the aftermarket neoprene bushings---didn't feel like messing with it anymore.

08-18-2010, 09:09 AM	#1
esqu1re Lieutenant Colonel 41 Rep 1,855 Posts Drives: M Coupe Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: East Coast iTrader: (0)	UUC tranny mounts with cups Has anyone had a hard time putting in the 4 bolts holding the engine mount bracket after replacing with UUC tranny mounts? It's not that I can't get my fingers in between the bracket and the exhaust pipe---the holes just don't line up anymore. I have the black neoprene with the cups and I cannot get 1 of the four bolts connecting the brace to go back into the hole. I think the aluminum cups make the transmission bushing a little too wide (pushes against the transmission) and the transmission brace bolts can't line up completely with the holes. Has anyone had this problem? I'm thinking about replacing the offending bushing with a stock one and calling it a day. I spent almost two hours trying to align one of the bolts. __________________ ///M Coupe: RPI Scoop, OE Strut, CDV, Volk RE30, SS Brake Lines, Stromung Exhaust
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08-18-2010, 04:20 PM	#3
esqu1re Lieutenant Colonel 41 Rep 1,855 Posts Drives: M Coupe Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: East Coast iTrader: (0)	I'm going to try to get the cups off the enforcers tonight...man, they're stuck in there tight. __________________ ///M Coupe: RPI Scoop, OE Strut, CDV, Volk RE30, SS Brake Lines, Stromung Exhaust
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08-18-2010, 05:13 PM	#4
franco209 Private First Class 12 Rep 167 Posts Drives: 2010 M3 Coupe Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Charlotte, NC iTrader: (7)	Mine went in fine also with or with out the cup. May be jack up the tranny a little bit?
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jbh Private First Class 18 Rep 156 Posts Drives: 2007 Z4M Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Fort Worth iTrader: (2)	See my PM I send you, put the brace on first (loose) and then install the mounts, cup side down. Its tought to get the top nuts tight but a small socket wrench makes it work out ok.
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08-19-2010, 02:50 PM	#6
esqu1re Lieutenant Colonel 41 Rep 1,855 Posts Drives: M Coupe Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: East Coast iTrader: (0)	Thanks for all your help. I ended up removing the cups and installed with the aftermarket neoprene bushings---didn't feel like messing with it anymore. __________________ ///M Coupe: RPI Scoop, OE Strut, CDV, Volk RE30, SS Brake Lines, Stromung Exhaust
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