Transmission Crossmember End Bushings?

scott7556 · Dec 28, 2008

1995 4.0L 2wd 5spd:
Does anyone know if the transmission crossmember bushings at the ends are replaceable, and if so, where might I find them? Mine are pretty rotted!
Thanks in advance!

ForOffRoadDriving · Dec 29, 2008

if your crossmember has the really big rubber bushings in the ends and they are either worn out or the steel has rotted out then your only real option is to get a new one from the dealer. the bushings are molded into the crossmember and are not sold separatley.

fixizin · Jan 1, 2009

Damn, now THAT is some lame-o design!

Bravo · May 31, 2009

I was just doing a simple clutch replacement and naturally it turned into a nightmare of frozen bolts etc. I'm ready to button it all up except for the crossmember, which I had to remove with a sawzall! Now I'm faced with scrapping a perfectly good crossmember because Ford(Mazda) saw fit to make the bushings irreplaceable! Thanks for the wisdom ForOffRoadDriving, I'm off to the junkyard now.

Nhaz · May 31, 2009

I ran into a similar problem in a old Hyundai many years ago. The grommets were not replaceable.

My solution to the problem was to head to a local surplus store that sold All the stuff that no one thinks about. like grommets, bolts, chains, Hydraulics, gas motors.

Basically a real hardware store. they had grommets many sizes. I got several sizes dirt cheap and ended up carving up the largest to fit the crossmember ends I also bought new bushings in various sizes and bolts, washers.

I think I ended up paying about 30 bucks in hardware and another hour of my time to make the grommets and bushings fit.

In a heartbeat. it was a ugly fix. but it worked and who the hell crawls under a car to admire how pretty the crossmember is on a 1.5 liter Hyundai?

ForOffRoadDriving · May 31, 2009

my 94 has a solid mount crossmember which bolts right to the inside of the frame rails, and i once modified the rubber bushing style one to bolt up like the one on my 94, but it suffered horrible vibrations afterward. one thing i have thought about lately though was that if you bount some control arm bushings for say a buick or a pontiac you could measure the diameter of the steel sleeve around the bushings and then find the apropriate diameter pipe and cut the pipe to length and then press the bushings in the ends, creating a new rubber suspended mount. now you would just have to cut off the old bushing and assorted rust and weld the new pieces of pipe to the old crossmember.
http://autoparts.thecarconnection.com/auto-part/138294-moog-chassis-k5298-lower-front-control-arm-bushing

ati190 · May 31, 2009

An easier fix for this, and a much better one in my opinion, is to grab a crossmember from a 1st gen explorer, or 2nd gen ranger. The design is much better, and is a bolt on swap. Your frame already has the holes pre-drilled. One on the left frame rail, and the 3 where the existing member is bolted to on the right. Knock the old Rivets out, and throw that junk crossmember away. The left side is bolted on top of the inside frame rail. Use grade 8 bolts found at any hardware store.... You shouldn't get any vibrations from this swap. It's solid and does not allow movement on the tail shaft of the trans. I personally done this on my 95 3.0.

AllanD · May 31, 2009

To clarify the left side of the crossmember rests on the INSIDE of the
frame on top of the lower flange.

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