Remote rear mount

[Pete]

There's a discussion on the MCR forum about remote mount breakages and how ST used to produce an uprated kit with a less disrtuctable rubber mount which would not pull apart (as happened to mine last year) . Has anyone found a competition version of this mount or is there an alternative available ? I presume circuit racers are solid mounted ?

[R&R]

I have one Pete, if I ever manage to find it again, I'll take a pic and post it. But it has a steel plate sandwiched in the middle of the rubber, apart from that I can't tell you much more. I think mini spares used to sell them when I first worked for them. Paul

[guru_1071]

pete

you put a big jubalee clip around the rubber, this stops it moving as much

[R&R]

I don't know exactly where the mount is but I've found the invoice and fitting instructions for it that came with the car, which describes it as part of a kit c-ajj4094 with a strengthened remote mounting bracket, a top spreader plate for the inside of the car that goes over the tunnel, and the uprated rubber c-19g3255.

[jay weinstein]

the comp rear motor mount kit was a kit sold by st that constsited of a hard rubber but simular looking rear extension rubber mount with a reinforced rear bracket with 2 straps that mounted on the inside of the tunnel plus all (3) nuts bolts and washers. in 1970 the kit was $18.00 us.

[JC T ONE]

Hi Paul & welcome inhere

I have a S/T gear box kit, but my kit has C-AJJ 3366 on the label.

The paperwork say = Mounting Rubber - competition C-21A 18662.

Wonder why there are 2 different kits

Maybe one of them is for a ADO 16 ? is the tunnel same shape on these ?

What about the rear bracket, and rubber itself ? were these any different to the ADO 16 type ?

Jens Christian

[NZmember]

Bryan Purves sells the kit

http://www.bryanpurves.co.uk/newminimenu.html

[youngres]

Bryan Purves sells the kit

http://www.bryanpurves.co.uk/newminimenu.html

This is the kit WITHOUT the important Mitchell mounting, which is the indistructable rubber mount with a joint cast inside the rubber.

Robert

[Pete]

Thanks for all the input. I knew about the ST kit and it's good that you can still get the extra reinforcing bits from that kit but shame that you can't get an uprated mount. Jubilee clip it is then ! (unless you find that one Paul ! ) though best to check the engine mounts/steady bar for play aswell.

[R&R]

The mounting I have (somewhere) is in good condition so I'm not inclined to tear it to bits to find out what's inside it, but a fail-safe mtg wouldn't be difficult to design, and get Baines' or someone similar to make if there was enough interest. I can make enquiries if enough people show interest.

[ivor badger]

Don't even consider the competition mounting except for competition. Totally useless for normal road use unless a wanabe imagining racer. It is unbelievable coarse inside the car. The mount is also longer than the std mount, so that fitting the new rear mount and straps was actually impossible without butchering the seat mounting box.

Use a jubilee clip as recommended.

[Pete]

Don't even consider the competition mounting except for competition.

Yes that's pretty much the reason for asking, mine broke after two events.

[cheleker]

I found them a little more difficult to fit, but not as difficult as Ivor. I do agree with Ivor regarding use, though. Way to stiff (i.e., transferred too much noise into the car) so I stopped using them for street cars and just made sure that motor mounts and stabilizer bushings were in good shape.

[JC T ONE]

Don't even consider the competition mounting except for competition. Totally useless for normal road use unless a wanabe imagining racer. It is unbelievable coarse inside the car.
The mount is also longer than the std mount, so that fitting the new rear mount and straps was actually impossible without butchering the seat mounting box.

The S/T fitting instructions, recommend that the inner reinforcement parts, are welded to the tunnel.

So yes - not for the original / concourse project .

[youngres]

Don't even consider the competition mounting except for competition. Totally useless for normal road use unless a wanabe imagining racer. It is unbelievable coarse inside the car. The mount is also longer than the std mount, so that fitting the new rear mount and straps was actually impossible without butchering the seat mounting box.

Use a jubilee clip as recommended.

I don't know what rubber mount you had but I'd guess it was not the ST Mitchell mounting because they are the same size as the standard one and the also move just as the standard one does simply because there is a flexible joint inside the rubber. I've used mine for years, it transfers no additional noise and it fitted as a direct replacement for a standard item which broke after a short while. I suspect your rubber may well have been a super hard rubber one that was both oversized and too hard.

Robert

[ivor badger]

Mine was the genuine ST kit from ST. The mount is from memory about 1/4" longer than the std mount and this prevents the use of the existing holes in the floor. I seem to remember trying cap screws to hold the bracket on as the holes are too close to the seat mount to turn the screws.

[pad4]

this is what ive more or less found under the 8 port as ive been fettling it recently



i will pull it all apart at some stage and photo it

dont know if it is a mitchell mounting or just a thought about mod

pad

[slowboy]

there is one way to stop rear mounts shearing, slot the tunnel bracket and use a 1/8 thick large washer , this slot will allow the remote to find its un-stressed position rather than load the rubber up when aligning a fixed hole , 13 years competition and it aint failed yet,

[NZmember]

Whilst there is discussion on the rubber mounts can anyone help with this oddity? Both are mini remotes but the one in the foreground has a beefy rubber mount and a proper metal spacer bracket in between the mount and remote casing. It moves the metal triangular bracket back into the crossmember as Ivor describes.
Is it off a 1300GT remote? I've never seen one but can't think why it would be on a mini remote.

[Pete]

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