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Originally Posted by piper6909
Geesh, I hope they didn't really use such a weak mounting point for something as important as holding the motor and tranny up. Did you see how thin those gussets are? The breaking point is a cross-shaped break only a couple MM thick. The belt-driven accessories have beefier mounting points.
I haven't looked at mine that closely, but I would hope that this mounting point is just to augment something else that is supposed to hold all that weight and torque. And that's the part that failed or came unbolted which caused this... I hope.
The OP never said whether or not the bolt on top is still connected. I asked if it's there, but he hasn't replied.
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Careful, Piper; there are some here who will take offense to your criticism of the design.... because after all: "excellence was expected". haha.
I think the fact that this particular failure is so uncommon as to be relatively unheard-of speaks to the adequacy of the mounting. But yes, indeed, there are 5 bolts holding the entire engine/transaxle in place; one through-bolt on the front engine mount, and two bolts on each side of the transaxle. That is ALL that holds it in place. Nothing More.
I would tend to agree that it wouldn't surprise me to learn that there are scrapes on the bottom of the transaxle from an impact, but: that's not an easy place to impact. It's up quite a bit higher than several other major / heavy components. it's not the spot that typically bottoms-out.
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