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Installing a new engine today and having some technical difficulties with alignment...
I have installed 4 new motor mounts. I also have a engine plate, when I mocked in the plate with the new mounts before installing the engine what had me worried was the way everything sat. In order to line up the rear bracket mount holes perfectly into the bulkhead I had to have the engine mounts loose on the plate/brackets. When brackets were down, their was a pretty decent sized gap between the rear rubber mounts and the brackets. Or reverse if I had them loose against the plate. Tightening everything in evenly in a sequence makes the gap's on the mounts pretty much go away but their is still a very small gap when everything is tight on the PTO side Bracket to Mount. It just doesn't seem right.
Also when you put the stock engine plates against the aftermarket plate the bend is slightly different? Less of a bend on the aftermarket plate on the rear. Front is identical. This also makes my original factory torque stopper sit a little low on the engine? When you look at from uptop their is a small gap at the top, and only the last 3rd of the stop is actually touching the engine, so it's not flush. Something just doesn't seem right...my center to center between the shafts is pretty much 11.5" everytime I measure it.
I then decided to see how my Pipe would fit as it seems the engine is sitting very low in the front. The pipe does not sit properly AT ALL, it is definatly LOW as it sits on the shock tower instead of the mount where it is supposed to sit on when mocked into position.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Should I try inserting a few shims under the plate untop the front motor mounts to bring up the front?? Would this not make the back mount gap worse? Could it quite possibly be the engine plate itself not having the proper bend?
Thanks
Erik
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02' Polaris RMK 800 MOD
Simmons Ski's, Boss Seat, SLP Single Pipe, "The Thing" Can, Diagatron, Upgraded Crank w Billet PTO -"Tough Boy" Bearings, Bored, Ported, Polished, V Force III Reeds, Torque Arm, Push Arm, SLP Intake, Avid Extended Chaincase, Avid Extroverts, 2.5"x 156" Camo Xtreme, 09' Dragon Skid w Walker Evans Shocks, Big Wheel Kit, Offset Axel, WillWood Caliber, TEAM Tied Driven Secondary, Holtzman ATACC
I have installed 4 new motor mounts. I also have a engine plate, when I mocked in the plate with the new mounts before installing the engine what had me worried was the way everything sat. In order to line up the rear bracket mount holes perfectly into the bulkhead I had to have the engine mounts loose on the plate/brackets. When brackets were down, their was a pretty decent sized gap between the rear rubber mounts and the brackets. Or reverse if I had them loose against the plate. Tightening everything in evenly in a sequence makes the gap's on the mounts pretty much go away but their is still a very small gap when everything is tight on the PTO side Bracket to Mount. It just doesn't seem right.
Also when you put the stock engine plates against the aftermarket plate the bend is slightly different? Less of a bend on the aftermarket plate on the rear. Front is identical. This also makes my original factory torque stopper sit a little low on the engine? When you look at from uptop their is a small gap at the top, and only the last 3rd of the stop is actually touching the engine, so it's not flush. Something just doesn't seem right...my center to center between the shafts is pretty much 11.5" everytime I measure it.
I then decided to see how my Pipe would fit as it seems the engine is sitting very low in the front. The pipe does not sit properly AT ALL, it is definatly LOW as it sits on the shock tower instead of the mount where it is supposed to sit on when mocked into position.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Should I try inserting a few shims under the plate untop the front motor mounts to bring up the front?? Would this not make the back mount gap worse? Could it quite possibly be the engine plate itself not having the proper bend?
Thanks
Erik
__________________
02' Polaris RMK 800 MOD
Simmons Ski's, Boss Seat, SLP Single Pipe, "The Thing" Can, Diagatron, Upgraded Crank w Billet PTO -"Tough Boy" Bearings, Bored, Ported, Polished, V Force III Reeds, Torque Arm, Push Arm, SLP Intake, Avid Extended Chaincase, Avid Extroverts, 2.5"x 156" Camo Xtreme, 09' Dragon Skid w Walker Evans Shocks, Big Wheel Kit, Offset Axel, WillWood Caliber, TEAM Tied Driven Secondary, Holtzman ATACC
