Motor mount: how bent is too bent?
 

I have a RCM Jammin buggy mount with a slight bend. The deflection isn't huge, but definitely enough to notice. I haven't really noticed any uneven pinion/spur wear, but I haven't used the mount a whole lot either.

So do I try to straighten it? Or run it as is? Or get a new one?

If I need to straighten it, what's the best method?

Vice, straight edge and Rubber mallet worked ok for me... Damn Curbs...:smile:

Ok here is what you need:

- Lean bacon, one family sized packet, uncooked
- industrial sewing machine
- medium weight cotton thread (color does not matter)
- pumice hand cleaner (bacon is greasy)
- Tracked vehicle such as bulldozer or halftrack
- salad tongs
- rotessire chicken (for lunch)
- complete machinist measureing tool set, including dial caliper, magnetic mount, indicators, parallel bars, square, compass, and that little thingy that you use to measure the inside of circular objects)

1st, wrap the bacon around the mount, do not lick the bacon as it is uncooked. Do not cook the bacon as it will be crispy and may scratch the mount. Next use the sewing machine to sew edges and ends of bacon together ,using the cotton thread, making an impenetrable bacon shell around the mount.

Using the salad tongs place the bacon on the ground and drive over repeatedly with tracked vehicle. Solid ground is preferable. Then pick up the mount with the tongs, and use all of the machinist tools to determine if it is straight. If not, replace bacon and repeat as necessary.

Use pumice to clean hands to avoid Trichinosis from uncooked bacon. Enjoy chicken.

Hope this helps.

I like Lincs idea,simple,yet delicious!

:lol::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

OUTSTANDING! :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

I don't know where you get this sh*t from Linc.. but it's friggin' hilarious...

It just comes to me... Plus I am always thinking of new ways to use bacon, cause it makes anything that much better.

you forgot the toilet plunger and the gym sock (preferably a well used one):lol:

I do not know of a man who has a lightly used plunger. I know every plunger in my house has earned its keep. They don't call them double-flushers for no reason.

I guess you could hang the sock off your wang while perfoming the motor mount alignment. Cause you know it will be aiming for the stars with this much bacon in front of you. UUUUrrrrrgggghhhh!!!

Gotta love a solution that involves bacon!