Exhaust resting on front swaybar... Motor mounts?

MM3846

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Searched but couldn't find a anything on this one... Was changing my oil and found this.

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Pardon the oil... it sprays all over the place when pulling the drain plug. Anyway, its stuck on there pretty good. Hangars all looks good, I'm running a magnaflow cat-back and theres nothing back there rusted/falling off and the whole exhaust is pretty "stiff" and I can't wiggle it around. No audible exhaust leaks, header doesn't look cracked, but I'm afraid this will eventually break it in half.

Time for motor mounts? Or has my suspension just sagged just enough for this to happen? That would be odd. The swayer bushings could be replaced but that would actually push it back into the cat more. Passenger side doesn't have this issue, it has a more generic-style catalytic convertor whereas the driver's side has this canister one.
 

discostew

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It kind of looks like the mounts back by the t case are sagging from the pictures. When you get the new ones make sure they look the same height as the original used to be. Once I got a couple and they were goofy tall and not really sure what the hell they were supposed to fit.
 

MM3846

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It kind of looks like the mounts back by the t case are sagging from the pictures. When you get the new ones make sure they look the same height as the original used to be. Once I got a couple and they were goofy tall and not really sure what the hell they were supposed to fit.

Ok, yea there is one on each side IIRC.

Take a jack and try to jack up the motor then the transfer box. You should see one of the mounts separate.

So, separation is bad I'm assuming then... It'll show which mount is torn. Thanks dudes, I'll check it out tomorrow.
 

MM3846

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Got it. The mounts seem pretty cheap, I'll probably just replace all 4 if they're all worn.
 

MM3846

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Just checked my mounts, the two at the tcase are completely separated, the motor ones I couldn't tell bc the cat is lodged on the swaybar pretty badly. Ordered two Jag mounts from rock auto for $22 shipped and two Rover mounts from amazon.. primed for $30.