Schumacher Torque Straps and Poly Mounts

[6PKRTSE]

I'm not asking for alternatives. I'm asking...well read the title and first post.

Just thought I would give you other options since you can't get what you wanted. And, it is free to do with a little labor. Good luck then.

 

[khryslerkid]

Just thought I would give you other options since you can't get what you wanted. And, it is free to do with a little labor. Good luck then.

I already have my set up with stock motor mounts and a Schumacher torque strap. Works great. BTW I found two sets of NOS mounts, made in the USA. Later ones were more troublesome with breaking.

It's just puzzling that there were two companies out there making mounts and torque straps and all of a sudden, when you look for them, they're not available anymore.

Here's my Schumacher, modified E body kit I found on ebay for half the cost.

 

[69_A12_6BBL]

The poly mounts suck, they sent me 3 sets because they fail.

Think about the direction of the 'poly-loc.'
Both sides of the mount run vertical, which means when the engine twists towards the passenger side, it pushes down and they will slide apart.

Tired of dealing with it, I bought a complete set of their rubber mounts with powder coated brackets and promptly bent the passenger side bracket.

All of this with no burnouts or stupidity, just normal driving.

I have a chain bolted on the engine and frame as the torque strap doesn't fit my model/year. Doesn't help much.

They asked me to make a heat shields the first time, said I shouldn't need them with their headers, which I have, ceramic coated. Made heat shields, same result.

Ended up drilling a hole thru the passenger mount and putting in a bolt, which helped, need to do driver side or go solid.

I don't know why others don't have the same issue, maybe it's because my engine sticks thru the hood and it's extremely noticable when the engine gradually tilts to one side?

Everyone I meet who has them raves about them but no one looks at them.

2 different mounts on the same side in pics, both slid apart.

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Wow! Yeah Ive heard of this...What type or size chain did you use? I have an A12 car that blows damn flange gaskets like crazy. Funny that a 69 Super Bee I had, with way more HP and a Torque-Strap chain? NEVER lost a flange gasket! Hope you had success!

 

[matthon]

What type or size chain did you use?

Large enough to hold the engine down, but no matter how large or strong no chain can stop the poly-loc from not working as it has an inherent design flaw.

Hope you had success!

I did, I took original, actual solid steel brackets, put new rubber isolators between them, drilled a hole through both sides and the mount, and ran a bolt through it. Many have done this with success.

A note, the new repop brackets are just pieces of thin metal with soft 90 degree bends, and I mentioned in my earlier post I bent them with no effort, whereas original brackets are thicker steel with an angle that includes a turning radius around the bend, best way I can describe it.