Life of a transmission mount

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by timothy

Lately there have been several discussions about the front motor mount and I think we all now well aware of the symptoms and solution. Yesterday at Boardwalk Porsche their tech who works on race cars said that over time transmission mounts fail too but the degradation is less noticeable. I imagine that's because they are hydroelastic dampeners. What life span should one expect out of a 986 transmission mount and are there any symptoms indicating that it's time to replace?

I would think that this would be very dependent on use and abuse, ie how aggressively the car has been driven.

Hard to know what the "average mean time" to failure would be.

I bet Porsche would know.

[milliemax]

Originally Posted by Brucelee

I would think that this would be very dependent on use and abuse, ie how aggressively the car has been driven.

Hard to know what the "average mean time" to failure would be.

I bet Porsche would know.

Bruce, I have been thinking the same thing lately. I hope in "no abuse " mode the" mount "will last for ever. (Danger, no coment ) Fingers crossed and no abuse.