Rear "ISO MOUNTS" 80 Volare

[shadango]

My son had the rear ISO mounts fail on him today....the u bolts sheered......butt end of the car dropped, axle separated from the leaf springs....

I have never heard of this happening.....but...it happened.....All I can figure is that the ISO stuff failed and resulted in stress on the u bolts?

That, or the u bolts were rotted I guess....

I had seen years ago that someone made a kit that would replace that ISO mount stuff......

I found this from firm feel.....any other options?
Firmfeel Mopar Suspension and Steering

I havent seen the actual mounts he has to see what failed yet.....but with this kit above is that all he would need?

I am having a brain fart and cannot recall where the lower end of the shock mounts.....they muts mount to the axle though cause I think they bottomed out and stopped it from being worse....

He lucked out....he was on side streets when it happened.....

Thanks folks!

 

[AMC Diplomat]

My son had the rear ISO mounts fail on him today....the u bolts sheered......butt end of the car dropped, axle separated from the leaf springs....

I have never heard of this happening.....but...it happened.....All I can figure is that the ISO stuff failed and resulted in stress on the u bolts?

That, or the u bolts were rotted I guess....

I had seen years ago that someone made a kit that would replace that ISO mount stuff......

I found this from firm feel.....any other options?
Firmfeel Mopar Suspension and Steering

I havent seen the actual mounts he has to see what failed yet.....but with this kit above is that all he would need?

I am having a brain fart and cannot recall where the lower end of the shock mounts.....they muts mount to the axle though cause I think they bottomed out and stopped it from being worse....

He lucked out....he was on side streets when it happened.....

Thanks folks!

Multiple replacement options in this thread: how to lose the iso leaf springs

Or you could pay for new ones: Mopar FJM Body Archives - autorust.com

 

[AMC Diplomat]

Also this: Need Help with spring mounts

 

[Mikes5thAve]

There's been the odd case of brackets failing due to rust. It would need to be pretty bad off to cause the U bolts to rust through.

 

[shadango]

SO we sourced the lower plates and poly biscuits....

Turns out the upper plates/shock mounts are trash too......

Soooooooo......anyone have a set they wanna sell? LOL

Or are these "unobtanium" ??

 

[AMC Diplomat]

SO we sourced the lower plates and poly biscuits....

Turns out the upper plates/shock mounts are trash too......

Soooooooo......anyone have a set they wanna sell? LOL

Or are these "unobtanium" ??

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In the other thread I posted there's an even easier solution: Post in thread 'Need Help with spring mounts' Need Help with spring mounts

 

[Mr C]

SO we sourced the lower plates and poly biscuits....

Turns out the upper plates/shock mounts are trash too......

Soooooooo......anyone have a set they wanna sell? LOL

Or are these "unobtanium" ??

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I had the shock mounts snap off my old high mileage 5th Ave after many years...rust and metal fatigue. They are not available new I had to get mine from a scrap yard.

 

[AMC Diplomat]

They are not available

Good thing people can use B body plates like in the links I posted above

 

[Camtron]

b-body shock plates brother. Ditch the goofy ass ISO and top shock plates. order some B-body plates, centering pins, u bolts, shocks and call it done. The FirmFeel shit is way over priced for what it is.

 

[M_Body_Coupe]

SO we sourced the lower plates and poly biscuits....

Turns out the upper plates/shock mounts are trash too......

Soooooooo......anyone have a set they wanna sell? LOL

Or are these "unobtanium" ??

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I've got an "appointment" in the garage later tonight...let me look for these. I know I have a set with the sway bar attachment brackets and I'm going to keep those, but I honestly thought I had saved a spare of the standard plates. More to come...

 

[Magnum Aspen]

I have one, unfortunately only one, I do not need. See attached picture.