lh/lx/uc gearbox crossmember mounts?
#1
Posted 14 April 2007 - 08:53 PM
just wondering on a 6 cyl lh/lx/uc if there is some sort of rubber mount or bracket which slips over the end of the crossmember to help hold it in place or if it uses just the bolts into the crossmember?
is a lc/lj crossmember the same length as a lh/lx/uc crossmember?
i have a modified crossmember for the celica conversion and the holes which bolt the crossmember to the chassie are much larger than the heads of the bolts, so at present i have some large washers holding it in place. my trimatic had these rubber mounts to hold the crossmember in place along with the bolts. the crossmember had lh written on it when i bought it. just seeing if im missing some parts or if ill just have to stick to the washers and bolts.
#2
Posted 14 April 2007 - 11:38 PM
#3 _JamesB_
Posted 15 April 2007 - 12:08 AM
As it is, the crossmember bolts directly to the chassis (no rubber isolators) but there's a really big washer under the heads of each of the 4 bolts.
#4
Posted 15 April 2007 - 09:31 PM
LCs have smaller holes and no rubber, manuals
#5
Posted 16 April 2007 - 08:08 PM
#6 _Keithy's_UC_
Posted 16 April 2007 - 10:31 PM
Keith
#7
Posted 17 April 2007 - 05:56 AM
Outer- rubber insulators, 2 each side.
Gbox to Xmember- big runner block (Celica 5spd)
When I had the auto recoed on the Hatch, the Fwits didn't put the insulators back in (and had the Xmember wrong way round!!!) but nonetheless, made a hell of a racket without the rubber!!!
Edited by knoath, 17 April 2007 - 05:57 AM.
#8 _GaR_
Posted 17 April 2007 - 11:12 AM
#9 _kiwiuc_
Posted 17 April 2007 - 08:37 PM
If anyone has a TH350 transmission, I'd be interested to see what you've done - I can't bolt the cross member up to the chassis rails because it pushes the transmission up too high.
#10
Posted 22 April 2007 - 09:04 PM
stolen from this thread;
http://www.gmh-toran...showtopic=16742
Edited by red6, 22 April 2007 - 09:06 PM.
#11
Posted 22 April 2007 - 09:25 PM
Judging from my experience, the standard ones are the same bolt with huge washer setup, but they have a thin tubular rubber washer that is really loose around the bolt (about 2/3 of the diameter of the washer.
That help?
#12
Posted 22 April 2007 - 09:31 PM
i will take a pic tommorrow(monday)If anyone has a TH350 transmission, I'd be interested to see what you've done - I can't bolt the cross member up to the chassis rails because it pushes the transmission up too high.
#14 _Christian_O_
Posted 24 April 2007 - 11:23 PM
Cheers.
#15 _CHOPPER_
Posted 24 April 2007 - 11:52 PM
#16
Posted 27 April 2007 - 02:11 PM
#17
Posted 30 April 2016 - 08:51 PM
Hey guys,
I know this is an old thread but it is kind of on topic for my question. In a recent flick through the parts manual I noticed that in the exploded view of the manual gearbox cross member that they have detailed a 'spacer' that appears to go between the chassis and the cross member. Is this correct? I don't recall removing them from my car when I was striping it but this was a long time ago so my memory could have faded. Are they critical? What were they? Steel washers or something else?
#18
Posted 01 May 2016 - 08:40 AM
#19
Posted 01 May 2016 - 08:21 PM
rarespares sell both insulators and bolts. I bought some last week.
The insulators are rubber 2 piece units.
The rearspares bolts are the same as bonnet hinge bolts.
The insulators are marked as auto only but I fitted a set to my UC 4 speed manual.
When I got the car it was an auto and shock absorber rubbers had been fitted between the body and the crossmember, nothing on the other side.
The bolts that were in my car looked like they had been found in a bolt bucket and fitted with big panel washers.
I refitted these bolts old and will use the rarespares set on the bonnet hinges (hmmmm -- nice and shiney)
http://www.rarespare...?product=FK1055
http://www.rarespare...x?product=H1128
Jim
#20
Posted 01 May 2016 - 08:46 PM
Hi Jim,
Does the auto cross member have larger holes? Reason I ask is my manual one has very neat holes that only have room for the bolts. I don't think the insulators that rares sell would work, unless I just used half of it which just seems wrong. I am thinking that perhaps in between writing the parts manual and the service manual they decided that the spacers on manual cars weren't required hence omitted from the service manual details but still listed in the parts manual. Far fetched? Who knows, but I am pretty comfortable not fitting anything. If my car was an auto it would be a different story.
#21
Posted 01 May 2016 - 08:57 PM
My UC started life as a 4 cyl manual, and when I got it was fitted with a 202 auto.
nothing on my car is original.
The crossmember in it had LX AUTO written on the upper side in that yellow crayon that the wreckers use.
The 4 holes at the ends of the crossmember were circular and about 20mm in diameter.
It sounds like there is a difference between the auto and manual crossmembers.
jim
#22
Posted 01 May 2016 - 09:03 PM
My ex 74 opel manual powered had those insulators on the trans. cross member , might have had something to do with vibration dampening , they probably don't need them to function because the transmission mount should be good enough to soak up any
vibration issues but still can be fitted as an extra ...they are just a bit of rubber that can be made with a wad punch .
#23
Posted 01 May 2016 - 09:07 PM
Yeah I noticed that my LX Sunbird doner car had them too as well as my LX Auto. I agree that the main gearbox mount should soak up all of the movement/vibration.
#24 _DS80_
Posted 22 January 2017 - 11:25 AM
My auto LJ has the trans crossmember to chassis with the larger holes, i see these are listed as LH -UC on rare spares, http://www.rarespare...duct=H1128 will these fit an LJ
#25
Posted 22 January 2017 - 06:13 PM
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