Motor Mount Perches

Thinking of replacing my motor mount perches before I break them, and I'm not finding too much info on here.

Anyone have any knowledge on replacing or gusseting the stock perches? Any write ups or advice on the welding them up?

I've done a little reading on the DMZ mounts, but also found some from Next Venture for much cheaper. Can't find hardly any info on them, however

 

When I had a 1st gen I installed the dmz mounts. Pain in the butt cutting off the stock mounts and welding the dmz ones in.

 

Perhaps I'm pointing out the obvious here but the Next Venture ones are stamped with made in USA and require welding. There are ridges on the edges that I feel should help identify the cutting method. But I'm not an expert. They are also 33% thicker than the DMZ mounts but require welding. I'd go with the Next Venture ones if you can weld them.

 

Preparing myself for a difficult project. Luckily I have lots of time. Did you pull the engine, or the diff?

I'm fine with welding them up. Need to weld either to the frame anyways. Just haven't heard anything on those so not sure on fitment etc.

I do like the tabs to hold the motor mounts in place.

 

Yeah the next venture ones seem like a wiy kit rather than a unit like dmz's which seems to account for the price difference. If the positioning tabs make a difference it wouldn't be too hard to add some.

 

but neither one is self-locating, right?

 

No what I did was bolted the purches to the motor and lowered the motor down and then the purches landed on the frame.

Just take lots of measurements before hand

 

I built new perches out of 2x2x .120 wall tube. I cut the flange the motor mount bolts to off the old mount and welded that to my square tube and then burned that onto the frame. No issues so far with dual cases and heavy ish wheeling on them. I am replaceing the stock motor mounts probibly today with OEM new rubber mounts and chaining them down, I'll post up if I find any issues. One thing though this is when I did my SAS/built a new front frame, so I had tons of room, can't imagine trying this with the IFS in the way. Have you thought about plateing over the stock motor mounts?

I checked my stock mounts when I cut everything off when I did my swap and evreything looked good, this was wheeling almost 10yrs with a crawl box and a stiff poly trans mount, but I wasn't jumping the truck or anything like that.

 

This guy plated the stock perches. Probably the way I'm gonna go.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/jds-02-tacoma-build.126596/

 

Wow that's a badass build, thanks for shareing that!

Plateing seems like the way to go, I don't even know how you would cut the sock mount off with all the IFS crap in the way unless you had a plasma cutter.

 

Bought a set from Next Venture, tacked them up, but they're not fitting on the frame right.



Waiting to hear back to see what I'm missing.

 

What became of this?

 

I was able to cut enough off the bottom to get a weld on there and make them work. No issues since I got them in last spring. IMO - just go with the DMZ mounts or plate your stock perches.


I don't have any good pics, but you get the idea.

 

The DMZ mounts look like the way to go. For $150 it'll be worth the time and effort in the long run.

That last picture is interesting. I see a limit strap and what's that blue hose? Air locker?

Edit...just saw your build thread. I'll post some questions about your truck over there.