Hey guys,

Alright well I noticed especially within the last month that my cars "tranny" was feeling BAD. like banging into gears... not responding quick enough, banging from 1st to 2nd. This got me real nervous. I had looked over everything with my car while changing my alternator at my boy's shop. I noticed my rear motor mount and tranny mount were both F*cked. I'm talking to the point where my rear motor mount wasn't doing much besides dangling around, the rubber on it was shot! My tranny mount had also snapped. Needless to say my boy "topdolla" was quick to respond with a motor mount for me. I replaced it tonight and the tranny mount is getting ordered this week.

The rear motor mount itself.... now that it's installed there's absolutely NO JERK in my tranny AT ALL. The mount itself has a power cord (which has to do with some type of motor response, but not sure). Basicly I changed my mount and my car runs like it's got 100 miles on it. THERE IS NO TRANNY JERK! and as far as my response from park to drive... FAST AND RESPONSIVE... ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. I feel like i have a new Maxima.

So please guys check your motor mounts and your tranny mounts before jumping the gun and saying your tranny is messed up. You'll be the happiest person when you realize it's a mount! I know I am.

The dealer is the only way to go as far as mounts and My suggestion is to get them OEM anyways.

Here's the avg cost at the dealership for the parts:

Rear Motor Mount: $250
Tranny Mount: $120
Front Motor Mount: $160

I replaced my front one on Oct. 31st 2009. I replaced my rear one on March 15th 2010.

ZERO TRANNY PROBLEMS NOW! LOOK INTO THIS!

 

gratz on that man, also good thing that it wasn't your tranny cause that'll cost more pretty pennies out your pocket haha

 

hmm interesting...

 

how many hours labor for the mounts? what did you end up paying out-the-door, parts&labor? ?

 

i did the front one myself... the tranny mounts easy too... the only one that can get expensive is the rear mount... normal rate is 4hrs of labor for the rear mount. Unless you know someone to do it. You have to lower your sub frame.

 

Some members have claimed that a grounding kit has made the shifts smoother. I don't know because I never got a grounding kit.

 

thats some interesting info right there

 

Cool, I'll have to check mine because it's jerking from 1st to 2nd when it's cold. Thanks for the tip!

 

the new mounts will only disguise the real problem. The tranny has a defect no matter what year you have. If it is a 5 speed in a nissan between 04-08, and not a CVT. You will have this problem. Aisen warner is the manufacturer of this tranny and they have not changed the design. There is a kit out to fix the real problem. I recently also changed my front and side mount and installed the Redline insert in the front. Such a huge difference, however still just masking the problem until my mounts break again or I fix the valve body in the tranny.

 

I'll back that statement...

 

 

 

WOW! Thanks for the very informative write up with great pictures too!
I will have these checked ASAP.

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Great Job and another excellent consideration!

 

Alliance43 can you please post the oem part#s ?

Pics or writeup on the front tranny mount

How many miles on your ride, at what mileage did you start feeling the car jerking?

Great info, thanks !

 

and dont forget your regular maintenence with flushing the transmission....at the dealer....use the right NISSAN fluid. Good write up.

 

I'm going to look into this too. I did the transgo kit and the car shifts fine pretty much. There are some rare instances when 2nd to 3rd might make a small jerk, definitely less noticeable from before. I'm beginning to wonder if this may be the motor mount that is the other half of our problems. I'll try and get it done when I have the funds, probably in about 2 months or so.

 

I wish this was the case for me but by now, my tranny is past jerking - it dies when I try to force it into 1st using manual mode and it doesn't know which gear to be in when I'm driving around town...