the trans mount saga

[TransAm11973]

ok so i put on a prothane trans mount on two days ago. it make the car ride like shit esp. at 90 plus mph. So i am going to buy a stock rubber one for 90 f-ing dollars....the reason i put the prothane one on was that i was getting rear end trans slap in the tunnel.....its gone with the prothane mount but ride like shit,....my question for you guys is that do you thin a new stock rubber mount will still move like the old one causing me to still get tunnel slap? the old was had a few cracks and was worn so i am hoping the new will be ok. I am jsut afraid tht b/c its rubber it will give too much,....

[01ls1ws6]

Thats the same reason I got the oem trans mount, heard the prothane mounts caused vibration. When I got the new one it was alot stiffer than the old one, but then again the old one was totally seperated.:drivin: But I do feel your pain on the 90 dollar!!!! wtf its rubber on two pieces of steel!! lol. Dam dealers

[TransAm11973]

yeah i figured whatever, i cant deal with the vibration , so its worth it for me, if you look at the big picture 90 bucks isnt bad, its just that its freeking rubber!!!!! maybe i will just shove a box of condoms in there instead hahahahha

[9T8W66]

Might want to look into what caused the trans mount to fail in the first place.
I went through 2 OEM mounts before I found out the left motor mount was bad. When we pulled it out and seperated the clamshells the rubber just fell on the floor. I have a Prothane motor mount now and a ES Poly Trans mount.
Yes it does transmit more Vibration but IMO it's liveable for the peice of mnd of not having to worry about it again.

[buswwa]

I had the same issue (dropping to third from sixth at 75 and stuffing it to beat an r6 on the highway blows trans mounts heh heh heh:yup:) and spent two months hunting for the trans mount, bought the prothane ones, went through the idiocy of being told by my mech that it wouldnt work, must find stock. Was outraged at how much the dealer wanted. Went to local parts stores, and kept being told it was a special order item, and then getting the wrong one. Three or four times I went through this. Then I went to the last place I wanted to try, NAPA, before going to the dealer. I talked to the counter guy and he said it wasnt listed :denied:(which we found odd considering how many m6 cars were made just in 99 let alone throughout the run of camaros/ta's) so he looked under 96 and low and behold there it was on the shelf. Problem solved for 11.00 dollars!:nana: And its holding up strong in the car right now.:flex:

[Spaz]

i have the prothane mount and i fucking love it... people who cry about the vibration obviously have other issues... i have no vibrations but i can feel in the gas peddle a lot more of what is going on...

like said above check your motor mounts... also make sure oyu have it installed correctly...

[TransAm11973]

haha yes its installed correctly.....motor mounts are fine. I replaced the stock one b/c the ass end of the trans was slapping the tunnel sometimes on hard accel. but i took off the old trans mount and it really wasnt in too bad of shape. I dont get tehe slapping anymore with the prothane mount, but i have tons of road noise and vibration. this due to the fact that the trans crossmember bolts directly to the floor pan. i dont lke the vib, so i am putting in a new stock trans mount,....if i still get slapping them i may run some thick rubber tubing around the trans, I guess its got enough torque on it to stretch the rubber mount, but i need the cushining i get from rubber. I am not sure how you dont notice more vibration after adding the prothane mount,....do you have a V8? any other ideas?

[9t8z28]

i have the prothane mount and i fucking love it... people who cry about the vibration obviously have other issues... i have no vibrations but i can feel in the gas peddle a lot more of what is going on...

like said above check your motor mounts... also make sure oyu have it installed correctly...

Install the poly motor mounts to and it will get rid of your tranny mount problem. The stock T-mounts sucks and will keep on breaking.

[Spaz]

haha yes its installed correctly.....motor mounts are fine. I replaced the stock one b/c the ass end of the trans was slapping the tunnel sometimes on hard accel. but i took off the old trans mount and it really wasnt in too bad of shape. I dont get tehe slapping anymore with the prothane mount, but i have tons of road noise and vibration. this due to the fact that the trans crossmember bolts directly to the floor pan. i dont lke the vib, so i am putting in a new stock trans mount,....if i still get slapping them i may run some thick rubber tubing around the trans, I guess its got enough torque on it to stretch the rubber mount, but i need the cushining i get from rubber. I am not sure how you dont notice more vibration after adding the prothane mount,....do you have a V8? any other ideas?

yup... i have a LS6 crate that i dropped in...

other ideas.... check you TQ arm bushing...

[drummer52910]

Ive always thought about using a small rubber bushing with the Poly mount on my car. Something about the size of the preload plate that comes with it, but use this in its place. I think doing this would really quiet things down and it would still feel tight. Ive never understood why GM didnt just mount the transmission directly to the crossmember, and mount bushing on the far sides where the member attaches to the frame. This is how many german cars are desinged, works a lot better.

[sjones69]

I put the prothane motor and tranny mounts on last year. I have really bad vibration all the time. Even in park or neutral. I thought it may be the after market stall. The tranny guy just called and said he thought it was the mounts. So here I am looking to see if anyone else has or had this problem.
Mine feels like I'm running over the wake up strips on the highway.
Back to the rubber ones??

[TransAm11973]

i dunno once i switched from the prothane piece of sh-t to the Energy suspension mounts I have had zero problems,...a much better mount in my opinion

[2kSSnTX]

I had the same issue (dropping to third from sixth at 75 and stuffing it to beat an r6 on the highway blows trans mounts heh heh heh:yup:) and spent two months hunting for the trans mount, bought the prothane ones, went through the idiocy of being told by my mech that it wouldnt work, must find stock. Was outraged at how much the dealer wanted. Went to local parts stores, and kept being told it was a special order item, and then getting the wrong one. Three or four times I went through this. Then I went to the last place I wanted to try, NAPA, before going to the dealer. I talked to the counter guy and he said it wasnt listed :denied:(which we found odd considering how many m6 cars were made just in 99 let alone throughout the run of camaros/ta's) so he looked under 96 and low and behold there it was on the shelf. Problem solved for 11.00 dollars!:nana: And its holding up strong in the car right now.:flex:

so a tranny mount from a 96 camaro ($11 bucks?!) will work on a 2000 camaro? I just installed the poly one from summit and i don't like it at all. Like someone else said, after about 85 90mph it shakes bad, and if I punch it at 100 i thought the car was going to fall apart..

[thearborbarber]

so a tranny mount from a 96 camaro ($11 bucks?!) will work on a 2000 camaro? I just installed the poly one from summit and i don't like it at all. Like someone else said, after about 85 90mph it shakes bad, and if I punch it at 100 i thought the car was going to fall apart..


The design is slightly different but the bolt holes are the same and they are the same size.

[INMY01TA]

ES poly mount here. It's a lil noisier at 1st but softens over time. Don't even notice anymore. Anyone who pays $90 for a tranny mount is :screwy:

[sjones69]

i dunno once i switched from the prothane piece of sh-t to the Energy suspension mounts I have had zero problems,...a much better mount in my opinion

I agree, the Summit Prothane is a piece of sh-t.
Went back to the OEM mount and the vibration is gone.

[2002blackz28]

ok so i put on a prothane trans mount on two days ago. it make the car ride like shit esp. at 90 plus mph. So i am going to buy a stock rubber one for 90 f-ing dollars....the reason i put the prothane one on was that i was getting rear end trans slap in the tunnel.....its gone with the prothane mount but ride like shit,....my question for you guys is that do you thin a new stock rubber mount will still move like the old one causing me to still get tunnel slap? the old was had a few cracks and was worn so i am hoping the new will be ok. I am jsut afraid tht b/c its rubber it will give too much,....

I just bought a 7-1604-BL - Prothane Transmission Mount from JEGS ONLINE. Hopefully I don't get any vibrations

[allbaugh_04]

I'm afraid to switch to prothane

[INMY01TA]

I'm afraid to switch to prothaneWhy? Not hard to switch it back if you don't like it....

[TransAm11973]

Back from the dead!!!!

[allbaugh_04]

Why? Not hard to switch it back if you don't like it....

Then I have a mount left over, i could spend that money on LCAs or something

[INMY01TA]

Then I have a mount left over, i could spend that money on LCAs or somethingI think mine was like $15...

[2002blackz28]

I just installed the prothane tranny mount sunday morning. Lots of vibrations gets worse at highe RPM. I went to the local advance auto the guy there told me it might not be adjusted right. I told him I don't think it can be adjusted. He said that It threw of the angles in the drive shaft and the U-JOINTS are causing the vibration. There is a bolt that gets screwed in the mount and then I bolt the crossmember in . I screwed it in all the way then tightened down the nut. I guess I will take it in the ass at the dealer monday

[INMY01TA]

They soften up really fast. I didn't like it when I first installed mine, soon after I didn't notice it at all. Give it some time.

[2002blackz28]

Do you have the prothane one installed? I just got off the phone with JEGS. They claim that they have not had any complaints about vibrations. I find that hard to beleive . I thought about putting some 1/8th'' thick rubber shims between mounting point on the mount and cross member, thinking maybe it would take car of the vibrations av little more. I will try it out later today. If not the vibrations are pretty annoying and will replace with dealer one.

[9t8z28]

I just installed the prothane tranny mount sunday morning. Lots of vibrations gets worse at highe RPM. I went to the local advance auto the guy there told me it might not be adjusted right. I told him I don't think it can be adjusted. He said that It threw of the angles in the drive shaft and the U-JOINTS are causing the vibration. There is a bolt that gets screwed in the mount and then I bolt the crossmember in . I screwed it in all the way then tightened down the nut. I guess I will take it in the ass at the dealer monday

If the mount is thicker or thinner than the OEM mount, yes, it can throw off the angle and create vibrations.

[INMY01TA]

I believe mine is Energy Suspension, but not sure.

[2002blackz28]

I just changed it back to the old G.M one. Its not worn out, yet just signs of a little tearing. I did notice almost a 1/4'' differance between the two. I will purchase the dealer one monday. Just to much vibration for me. I don't want bolts to start falling out.

Thanks for all the input guy's

[TRANS-DAD]

If you don't mind spending money you can run a stock trans mount & chang the crossmember to a BMR & take the torque arm off the tail shaft of trans! you wont
need a prothane mount.
With this set up trans basicly just sit's on rubber w/no stress