Problem with Savvy motor mount lift

[OldBuzzard]

I'm installing a Savvy Motor Mount Lift, and ran into a problem. I have one of the extensions mounted on the OEM motor mount stud, and I'm trying to "slip" it into the lift block. Pushing, shoving, tapping with a rubber mallet does nothing.

So I checked the other pair, and they're the same way. Measurement shows the extension is 0.624" diameter, and the hole is 0.623"+, as near as I can measure that inside size. Just how tight are these supposed to be? I can drill it out to 5/8", but it will probably go a few thousandths oversize. I can't imagine that being a problem, unless that extension is supposed to be really tight in the block. Is this just a manufacturing problem, or by design?

 

[OldBuzzard]

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[taylormade73]

I would knock the extension down with some abrasive that way you leave the anodizing intact on the lift block. Shouldn’t take much.

 

[Necro]

Put a piece of rubber tubing, like fuel line or a vacuum hose over the threads on the mounting stud, chock it up into a power drill, spin it at high speed and hit it with either some sand paper or a file until it slips in and out of the lift block with no issues.

 

[mrblaine]

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Drill out the block.

 

[OldBuzzard]

Drill out the block.

That's where I was headed mañana if I didn't hear anything to the contrary. Thanks.

 

[Jerry Bransford]

@mrblaine?

 

[Good Hope]

Mine was the same way. I hit the hole with a small round file and in less than a minute was done and the bolt slipped in. I suspect the hole is drilled the right size but the coating added just enough thickness to keep the bolt from fitting in, so essentially all you need to do is remove the coating.

 

[Dylpickle200]

I'm installing a Savvy Motor Mount Lift, and ran into a problem. I have one of the extensions mounted on the OEM motor mount stud, and I'm trying to "slip" it into the lift block. Pushing, shoving, tapping with a rubber mallet does nothing.

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So I checked the other pair, and they're the same way. Measurement shows the extension is 0.624" diameter, and the hole is 0.623"+, as near as I can measure that inside size. Just how tight are these supposed to be? I can drill it out to 5/8", but it will probably go a few thousandths oversize. I can't imagine that being a problem, unless that extension is supposed to be really tight in the block. Is this just a manufacturing problem, or by design?

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Did you have issues with the extensions thread pattern? It’s almost as if the extensions they sent me have a thread pattern that does not exist. I’ve ran it through multiple thread checkers both metric and sae because my factory hardware wouldn’t screw on properly. I’m at a loss for words none of them match.

 

[OldBuzzard]

No, my threads were just fine.