How to Replace Motor Mounts on 1995 Toyota Camry

Iskandar Blogger 12:46 PM

From the Japanese word "kanmuri" -- or "crown" -- the Camry certainly has been the jewel in Toyota's sales crown for quite some time now. At the time of its release, the fourth-generation Camry was the most popular car in America; offering reliable transportation in cost and trim levels from basic to near-luxurious, the Camry made its mark by crossing demographics like an Eminem/Jimmy Buffet duet. While, many late-90s Camrys are still running strong more than 15 years after hitting showrooms, things like motors mounts are bound to need replacement from time to time.

Instructions

    1

    Connect your lift chain hooks to the factory lift hooks on top of the engine; you can find them on either side of the valve cover. Drop your engine hoist hook down, hook it into the lift chain, and then slowly raise the hoist until it just begins to take a bit of weight from the engine. The chains should be taut, but you shouldn't take so much weight that the front end of the car lifts up -- even slightly -- on the suspension.

    2

    Remove all of the engine and chassis-mount bolts from the bad motor mount and engine bracket. For the rear mount, remove the hole plugs covering the mount-to-chassis nuts, and remove the three nuts securing the mount. The front mount is similar, but uses bolts accessible from the top. Manual-transmission cars have three bolts on the left-hand mount, and automatic cars have four-bolt mounts. The upper "control arm" mount on the right uses two bolts on the engine, and one the chassis.

    3

    Install the new right-hand torque arm with all bolts torqued to 38 foot-pounds. For the left-hand mount, it's 47 foot-pounds for both the manual and automatic transmissions. Torque the rear mount nuts to 49 foot-pounds, and don't forget to reinstall the plugs. There are three different front mounts; a corporate TMC (Toyota Motor Corporation) mount, and the silver and green mounts from TMM (Toyota Motor Manufacturing, located in Georgetown, Kentucky). Torque the TMC front mount to 59 foot-pounds, the silver mount to 32 foot-pounds, and the green mount to 49 foot-pounds.