Motor movement

[rmkrazi]

On my '01 rmk 700 there is a little bit of up and down movement of the motor when I lift up on the primary. It seems the mounts are a little loose, but all the nuts and bolts holding it down are tight from what I can tell. I don't want to over-tighten them to where they are smashed down and compressing the rubber. Clutch alignment seems good, but I don't think movement in the motor is good unless it is under torque. Do I need to replace the motor mounts? It doesn't look like they are broken... Thanks

 

[BB454]

Motor mount

Look at the left front mount, that's the one that fails. How much lift are you giving it? Shouldn't move unless you pull up on it enough to take the load off the front suspension. They are rubber so a little give will be present.

 

[rmkrazi]

Look at the left front mount, that's the one that fails. How much lift are you giving it? Shouldn't move unless you pull up on it enough to take the load off the front suspension. They are rubber so a little give will be present.

Just got done replacing that mount with a new one. The movement was caused by the mount unscrewing out of the bulkhead but since I already bought a new one I went ahead and changed it considering it has close to 5000 miles on it. No movement now!! Should be good to go, thanks for the input.