Replace Transmission/motor mount Nissan Sentra 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

[@CanadianPossum]

Hey MM, Great video, looking forward to following this to fix my "can of marbles". My sound started under the passenger side, it got worse with time and now sounds like the rattling can of marbles is right dead center of the console. When the car is jacked, wheels off, i put her in drive, slowly let the wheels roll, hit breaks, the entire motor and tranny jerk back and fourth several inches. Pretty sure these mounts are my problem! Looking into the torque mounts too now. Thanks again for the vid, the comments were super helpful too!

[@19vinny91]

Thanks for the video. It made the job a lot easier watching this. I just pulled back the computer and didn't disconnect harness. Also I did not remove the passenger side motor mount.

[@josefranciscoesquertalaman3827]

Coincido con tú comentario, saludos cordiales desde NAVOJOA Sonora México 🎉

[@JMGentertainment81]

Tampoco moví el soporte del lado del pasajero pero resultó en un dolor de trasero

[@Samsonpain]

Do you remember what size the two bolts were? I'm doing it this week

[@carlosgaray3433]

Lucky you . Have an amazing assistant 🎉😂😂❤❤

[@caribbienlove]

Those bolt below the car when the camara off how do you took iy out? , some one help pleass

[@leodiaz5782]

I need to change out my transmission mount I can’t seem to find it! Anyone can help me? I have a Nissan Sentra 2008 2.5 ser need the auto transmission mount. Can’t seem to find it anywhere

[@marie3321]

this is super helpful for my 2012 nissan sentra SR

[@chickenfoundation9323]

What were the symptoms of a bad transmission mount? Would it cause engine vibration and a thump and put into drive?

[@miragemechanical4590]

Yes it could cause both of those things. In my case, i heard a 'growling' kind of nose when i would increase or decrease speed. It kind of sounded like a can of marbles was vibrating while i was driving around.

[@chickenfoundation9323]

Mirage Mechanical were you getting vibrations when put into drive?

[@miragemechanical4590]

Not so much physical vibrations, but very noisy inside the car while driving around. But vibrations could definitely come from bad motor mounts. Especially if both of the ones i show in my video are bad.

[@chickenfoundation9323]

Mirage Mechanical I recently replaced both torque mounts and they were both bad , but I’m still getting vibrations , I check the engine mount and it looks good

[@miragemechanical4590]

Take a look at the belt tensioner pulley while the engine is running. If that's bouncing quite a bit you may have a bad alternator causing the vibration. Other possible causes are vacuum leak, dirty MAP sensor and old spark plugs. Is your MIL on?

[@Mhdez1]

Do you think this mount would cause excess movement or jerking of the transmission/motor? I’ve replaced all mounts but there’s still a lot of movement when shifting in place

[@NeutronX101]

How did you end up torquing it down?

[@bennyluna2829]

Hi, I have a problem, when I get in and get fast clutch makes a pounding and when I make quick changes of speed it does too. But when I drive slowly and make slow speed changes, it doesn't. Do you think it's the same problem you show in the video?

[@zackeryholtz5569]

It’s most likely a transmission mount yes. This is for anyone other than this guy that has the same question since this was posted over 7 years ago. Reason being is that when your shifting gears as you are saying the mount I torn so your not getting the rubber to stop the noise/control the vibrations. If you shift slower and drive slower then you would have less of a problem.

[@Kaiyes_]

Great video. Wondering if nissan bluebird sylphi 2010 is same as sentra ?

[@josefranciscoesquertalaman3827]

Me gustó, felicidades, saludos desde Sonora México

[@EJTONY9295]

Awesome video.. can anyone help me, I have a 2013 Nissan Sentra that makes a big clunk when I go from drive to reverse vice versa. The car drives just fine. Any ideas please help me out?

[@miragemechanical4590]

It's probably one of your motor mounts, and I'd bet it's the lower one. It goes from the bottom of the motor to the under-body of the car, and looks like this: www.amazon.com/Premium-Motor-PM4360-Engine-Torque/dp/B07GDVTQHH

[@EJTONY9295]

@@miragemechanical4590thanks for the reply man. I really appreciate it. Looks like I may tackle that myself. Thanks for all the great content. God bless

[@Samsonpain]

I appreciate the video! My car was missing the mount and plan on following this video for reference. It did not come with the bolts. Do you remember what size and how many?

[@noswa3055]

What's the labor for motor mounts and transmission mounts?

[@miragemechanical4590]

The first time I did it took me about 6 hours because I was having to figure out what all needed to come off and how to get to the various bolts. The second time when I made this video took me about 3 hours start to finish.

[@Samsonpain]

259

[@luisdlc21]

was the car having a bad shake when accelerate?

[@miragemechanical4590]

Not with the bad motor mount, but I did have that when the inner CV joints were bad. I replaced both axles and it solved the shaking problem.

[@MrWorldWide806]

How’s has this MotorKing transmission support done? No issues after a year? I just bought the same exact part and will be replacing the factory part. If it can last 70k+ miles then it’s a good bushing. I’ve read these cheap eBay bushings don’t last.

[@miragemechanical4590]

The car was totaled in an accident a few weeks ago, but in the 20k miles since install, the mount was still solid as day one.

[@MrWorldWide806]

Mirage Mechanical sorry to hear that :( Did you have any rattling issues from the aftermaket part not having the extra little piece where the air box sits?

[@miragemechanical4590]

@@MrWorldWide806 I didn't notice any. Certainly nothing that came anywhere near the noise I had with the bad mount in there.

[@MrWorldWide806]

Mirage Mechanical new parts has been installed for two weeks now. Drives much better and the clunk from the old Mount is gone. It still has a clunk when you come to a stop which I believe is from the CVT axle. There’s play in the axle and I’ve done little research and found it to be a C-clip inside the CVT... who knows!

[@franzperez5728]

Thanks for the video, can you post any link to the replacement part please?

[@Bloody6ix_notnice]

@@giogt955 oem?

[@miragemechanical4590]

Links are in the description.

[@noswa3055]

@@miragemechanical4590 what's the labor on motor mounts and transmission mounts?

[@acronambic]

I have a sentra as well and it shifts kind of hard into drive and reverse could it be this transmission mount being bad?

[@miragemechanical4590]

It could be the mounts. The OEM parts are garbage on these things.

[@futureshock7425]

What symptoms does a bad one cause?

[@miragemechanical4590]

Lots of noise. It sounds like a can of marbles is riding on your engine when you accelerate.

[@bernardmiranda4431]

How do I attach the motor mount into the bracket

[@miragemechanical4590]

Which motor mount, and which bracket?

[@Cantante1963]

Too bad I didn’t find your video earlier today. I removed the mount but it would’ve been easier if I had watched your video before.

[@miragemechanical4590]

Sorry to hear that, but glad you got it all worked out.

[@ParkHwanee]

How do i push this out without breaking the frame

[@miragemechanical4590]

You really should replace the entire mount as a single piece. The first time I did this job, I tried to do what you're asking and had to have it pressed in at a machine shop. The guy told me it was a real PITA and he ended up damaging the rubber in the mount. I ended up having to replace it again a couple years later.

[@igotchuroadrescue7274]

You really undid the ECU?? Any trouble after

[@miragemechanical4590]

None at all. The battery was out the entire time the the ECU was disconnected, so the ECU didn't know it was disconnected. The ECUs from this era (2007-2012) aren't very technical by today's standards.

[@MarkMLatham]

Great video. Very helpful. How did you get the round rubber/metal part of the transmission mount out of the large bracket that bolts to the body? Or did you? It looks like you might have replaced the transmission mount and the large bracket that bolts to the body. I was able to remove the mounting bracket that bolts to the transmission without removing the large bracket, but was unable to free the round rubber/metal part of the mount from the large bracket. Even tried pressing it out from below using a jack. Appears to be frozen good. Any suggestions? The options I have thought of are cutting the round part out of the bracket, either with the bracket still mounted to the frame or removed from the frame. Thanks!

[@miragemechanical4590]

The first time I replaced this mount, I did it the way you're trying to do it. I had to take it to a machine shop to have them press the old mount out and the new one in. It ended up weakening the rubber, since they had to press on the rubber side to get it in, and the mount failed again about a year later. This time (the one in the video), I bought the entire mount as a single assembly. I linked to the part in the description. Toward the end of the video you can see there is a difference with the new part in that it doesn't have the oval hole where the airbox sits. I suggested zip tying piece of rubber there, but I did nothing for mine and it's been fine.

[@carlostorres6334]

It's better to purchase the whole brand new piece that fit your car in the nissan dealer, only cost 114 dollars with out giving them the VIN # of my car, 306 plus tax giving the dealer the VIN # of my car, later funded up the product fit to all nissan sentra 2.0 from years 2007- to 2012.

[@latuya5887]

@@miragemechanical4590 thank you for this information. I just bought a set of mounts on Amazon and it only came with the rubber piece so the mechanic wasn't sure where it went.

[@latuya5887]

@@carlostorres6334 why the price change?

[@latuya5887]

@@carlostorres6334 also could you tell me the part number so I can buy it

[@will1867]

Funny how the most difficult parts of any thing is when the cameras mysteriously stop recording.

[@jessefink8138]

why? A zip tie instead of the OEM bracket? Why can't you just replace the rubber transmission mount with just the 2 or 3 bolts below the air box? They look like they are 2 separate pieces in the vid.

[@miragemechanical4590]

The part that is missing the holder for the airbox is what the transmission mount is press-fit into. You can buy the smaller rubber mount part and press it in to the larger part, but it's more work and no guarantee the new part will fit the old. I did it this way the first time i did this job and the rubber mount got ruined, and is the reason i went with the complete assembly the second time.

[@carlsnyder1449]

is this the base model or the SE-R? The mount on ebay is a lot smaller.

[@miragemechanical4590]

The video is of the 2.0L. The mounts for all of the 2.0 trim levels are the same. The 2.5 is different.

[@bxnndz6911]

You didn’t said how I removed the bolts inside and under

[@4UIncognito]

Thank you , this video helped me out a lot. One question , are both 21mm bolts the same length? I had my trans replaced a couple months ago and i think the mechanic screwed up because one bolt barely reaches enough to screw in

[@miragemechanical4590]

I don't specifically remember, but i just took a look at that part of the video and see one hole is about 1/2" deeper than the other, so it would make sense that the bolts would be two different lengths.

[@tolurahman6149]

Nice vid. thanks. i did a removal of the mount, but i have a misplaced washer which i cannot seem to recall the location. can you help me . i am starting to wonder if it is from the car or not. how can i show you a picture. Regards to the future youtuber

[@miragemechanical4590]

Thanks for the compliment! I don't believe there were any washers on the mount itself. There might have been some on the studs/bolts for other things, like battery hold downs, or computer modules, etc.

[@cheilavillares5614]

You can't just change the small mount on the transmission instead of getting both new ?

[@miragemechanical4590]

You can, but you still have to pull both pieces out of the car, and then get the 'small' piece press fit into the large piece. In fact, that's how I did this job the first time, but the shop that did the pressing for me mangled up the rubber mount because there's nowhere to get a good seat on the rubber. I suspect that this compromised the rubber mount and is why I had to do this job again 2 years later.

[@andrescuriel4531]

How many motor mounts are on this car?

[@miragemechanical4590]

There are the two main ones - the one shown in this video and another on the right side above the wheel well. Then there are two torque mounts. One torque mount is on the very bottom of the motor, just right of center, and the other you get to from inside the left side wheel well.

[@andrescuriel4531]

@@miragemechanical4590 Thanks!

[@andrescuriel4531]

@@miragemechanical4590 oh and one last question if the car shakes while idle could it be due to the torque mounts? Specifically on the left side wheel well

[@miragemechanical4590]

Yes it could.

[@carlsnyder1449]

@@miragemechanical4590 you mean the driver side, left side.

[@josefranciscoesquertalaman3827]

*Like !!!* 👍😷

[@yukmouth1324]

It's the to upgrade to ratchet wrenches

[@johnangwin3414]

You don't mention any torque values

[@miragemechanical4590]

That's because I didn't use a torque wrench, as you saw in the vid. Feel free to look up the values and post them in the comments, if you think they are necessary.

[@lawrenceflynn8245]

why at high speed with vid. parts missing. This is no good to anyone ffs!

[@miragemechanical4590]

High speed because this is a 1 hour job. No one is going to watch a 1 hour video on this. Judging by the other comments, everyone else found it helpful. Maybe DIY isn't your thing.

[@carlsnyder1449]

Why in the world would you remove the upper motor mount? I did it and never touched that side. You added an hour to the job.

[@miragemechanical4590]

If you've already done this job, why are you watching a how-to? And where's your video? I said right in the description that I was replacing the passenger side as well. And it was 20 extra minutes, not an hour.

[@jaycris1980]

Is the smaller part of the mount pressed in?

[@miragemechanical4590]

I bought them as a pre-assembled unit. I did this job twice, and the first time i bought just the smaller piece and had it pressed in at a machine shop. The guy told me he had a hard time getting it to fit. When i got the part back, i could see that the rubber had been damaged in the process, so it only lasted about a year before i had to do it again. The second time, i bought the assembly, which is what i used for the video.

[@jaycris1980]

@@miragemechanical4590 thanks man!