i think this is now the 3rd or 4th time i have had this happen and i am really not happy .
basically my passenger side engine mount bolt (between the engine and the mount) keeps shearing .
Today i was out, stopped at a set of traffic lights, police car behind me so i wasn't going to do anything stupid, waited for the lights to turn green and start to pull away. Next thing i know BANG!!! i instantly hit the clutch and shut the engine off. Polce car behind me starts waving their arms and honking their horn at me.
after being towed home this is the aftermath.
Passenger side Gator looks to have hit the the sub frame and ripped it.
engine slipped under the mount and got trapped under there. had to push it up using the jack.
roughly where it should be sitting
head of the bolt has gone, (sheared off)
sheared surface
head of the bolt has gone, but this shows the rest of the bolt and the nut.
i will upload videos of the engine moving about later, just need to upload them somewhere.
I would really like some advice on why this is happening as the high tensile bolts are only lasting 2 months! and this time i am going to have to take tiome off work to get it fixed because the gator needs re doing.
Adam