C1 motor mount shims

[Pat #25912]

The AIM mentions shims for the right side motor mount where it bolts to the frame rail. Are these special shims? Are they available anywhere? Thanks. Pat

[Dennis C.]

Pat, Have not worked on a car that had any...

...shims in place. Actually I believe the AIM calls for longer bolts on the RH side to accomodate such shims. As a guess, if there was an issue of too much gap, I'd probably head for the flat washer department. Does the AIM call out a part # for the shims that you can find somewhere else for some other application in the AIM ?

[Chris H.]

Re: C1 motor mount shims

My '62 had no shims but I believe the engine was out at one time.

I seem to recall a thread here that the shims were never used in production. Engineering had them released if the frame was outside of tolerances?

chris

[Chris H.]

Re: C1 motor mount shims

https://www.ncrs.org/forum/archive10.cgi?review=54047

found this in the archives.

chris

[Allen W.]

Re: C1 motor mount shims

I have recently replaced the motor mounts on my 56. In completing the task I noted to line things up properly I needed some shims. My mounts were badly worn so I can't quite tell what kind of bind Bubba might have caused. I used regular front end alignment shims to make the adjustments.
Allen

[Pat #25912]

Re: C1 motor mount shims

Thanks guys. Mine is only out by 1/8" from the AIM recommendation so I will probably leave it. I noticed the bolt hole on the pass side of the front cross mount is bigger than the hole on the drivers side, is there a reason for that?
Thanks again. Pat

[Dennis C.]

Yeah, It's for minor positioning adjustment... *NM*