Hydro mount

Thesiteagent · Sep 28, 2018

Hi peeps,

Asking for my son, does anyone know how to remove the hydro mount on a 1.8 04 plate Freelander.
can remove the bracket attached to the engine but unable to remove the Hydro mount from the bodywork.
Mark

Nodge68 · Sep 28, 2018

Why can't you remove the hydro mount? It just unscrews from the chassis rail.

Arctic2 · Sep 29, 2018

You may have to use a chisel to tap it round if it is tight, that is unless you have the special tool as below.

Thesiteagent · Sep 29, 2018

Nodge68 said:
Why can't you remove the hydro mount? It just unscrews from the chassis rail.

Thanks for the reply. I think the problem is what to grip it with to unscrew. At present it has WD40 hopefully doing its magic.

Thesiteagent · Sep 29, 2018

Arctic2 said:
You may have to use a chisel to tap it round if it is tight, that is unless you have the special tool as below.

Thanks, Is it possible to buy/hire that tool?

Nodge68 · Sep 29, 2018

Like Arctic said, tap it round with a hammer and chisel. I have removed one by locking 2 nuts together on the top thread and unscrewing the mount. This technique obviously won't work on a mount that has split apart.

Arctic2 · Sep 29, 2018

Thesiteagent said:
Thanks, Is it possible to buy/hire that tool?

The tool is quite expensive hiring one I do not know, but another way you can try is, instead of the removal tool that it is possible to back up two M12 nuts together and undo it that way, if not then remove it using a large punch/drift or drive-through chisel against the raised 'castelled' parts on the base, and then hammer it round anti-clockwise. A bit of penetrating fluid squirted around the base of the mount half an hour beforehand may help things along.

Couple of photo's below courtesy of Jonathan, OC

Thesiteagent · Oct 1, 2018

Arctic2 said:
The tool is quite expensive hiring one I do not know, but another way you can try is, instead of the removal tool that it is possible to back up two M12 nuts together and undo it that way, if not then remove it using a large punch/drift or drive-through chisel against the raised 'castelled' parts on the base, and then hammer it round anti-clockwise. A bit of penetrating fluid squirted around the base of the mount half an hour beforehand may help things along.

Couple of photo's below courtesy of Jonathan, OC

Thanks, I thought about 2 12mm nuts but then remembered years ago I had a stud remover, found one on Amazon and it arrived yesterday. My son is going to try it today. Fingers crossed.

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