Motor Mounts, cheap vs. expensive

Post by **RussB** » 27 Jul 2014, 08:36

One one side you have factory Volvo, Hutchinson Corteco and Lemfoerder. On the other side, you have Pro Parts, Meyle, Febi, URO, Rein and even more mystery brands if you look at Rock Auto. Good mounts run about $300+ for the front, rear and side, with the cheap ones running about half to 1/4 that. My question is, are the cheap mounts worthy? Do they last? do they fit properly?

My '96 850 Turbo needs at least three new mounts, front, rear and side (near the crank pulley) It may or may not need the lower torque arm. I will likely have the car another 2+ years, maybe longer. Heck, I've been driving it for 12 years already!

Post by **Ozark Lee** » 27 Jul 2014, 09:16

I put a URO front mount on my sons car about 10k miles ago and it is now worse than the bad OEM mount that it replaced.

...Lee

Seaway · Post by **Seaway** » 27 Jul 2014, 10:32

After doing a ton of work on a couple old Mercedes, I would never put Uro anything on my car. The stories of immediate part failures are far too common. I would imagine this holds true for Uro parts for Volvo as well.

Motor mounts can make a huge difference in the feel of the car. If you want to drive the car for a while I would use OEM or better.

Post by **RussB** » 27 Jul 2014, 10:54

I've replaced the mount near the crank pulley twice in 12 years. Once with a Scan-Tech, and once with a Febi. Maybe I just answered my own question ???

Post by **erikv11** » 27 Jul 2014, 11:07

For the front (near the crank pulley) mount: Lemforder

Post by **abscate** » 27 Jul 2014, 11:08

Russ..did you check the "parts forum" for feedback on the motor mounts and OEM vs off brand perennial issue?

Post by **RussB** » 27 Jul 2014, 11:11

abscate wrote:Russ..did you check the "parts forum" for feedback on the motor mounts and OEM vs off brand perennial issue?

I did not, but will now

ChiNorm · Post by **ChiNorm** » 27 Jul 2014, 12:42

IMHO

Please avoid Scan Tech asian krap and the other similar pos junk.

If IPD has a mount you need, get the IPD. If IPD doesn't offer the mount, get oem. IPD well sell you those as well if you wish.

Usually, if I put an IPD mount in, it never had to be replaced until I sold the 854t5 I drove for 16 years. I did have to replace the top mount once, I think IPD sent me a new donut no charge. I have a fat foot, which stresses the motor mounts a lot.

You won't find an increase in motor vibration if you replace all the mounts at the same time. Stories of additional virbration from the IPD mounts invariably turn out to be another mount(s) also due for replacement.

No, I don't work for IPD, I do like to support folks who provide very good products with excellent service, if only due to its rarity today.

Good luck

Post by **RussB** » 27 Jul 2014, 13:18

IPD sells low end "junk" mounts as well as OEM units, and a "billet" lower torque rod for a 170 clams...LOL

Post by **j-dawg** » 27 Jul 2014, 13:23

in the case of, for example, the transmission torque mount, "nice" parts are much more expensive than the regular or "cheap" parts (see the IPD torque mount referenced above - very nice, but also pretty excessive), and the time to replace is just about zero.

in cases like that - failure is not catastrophic to the car, replacement time is minimal, cost of cheap part is low - i'm a proponent of cheap parts. if it fails, nbd. you can buy a better part and replace it and you're no worse off. if it doesn't fail, you saved yourself some money.