Chrysler Repair: 1996 Chrysler Concorde front frame mount?, 1996 chrysler concorde, chrysler concorde

Question
QUESTION: We installed a new engine in my friend's car and we noticed after we got it fixed that when you put it in reverse that the "front frame mount' that has the rubber bushings are bad.  they are moving alot.  Can those be fixed and what's the easiest way.

ANSWER: Hi Liz,
Do you mean the front engine mounts (one on each side)? If so then those can be changed but you need to be able to raise the vehicle and support it at the front end using jack stands (the manual speaks of a hoist, but that may not be necessary). You do that after removing the nuts from the top of the mounts. Then you need a floor jack and a length of heavy wood to support the engine across the full width of the oil pan. Then remove the lower attaching nuts from the bottom of the insulators to the frame.  Then you raise the engine enough to remove the insulators from its mount. Then install new mount. Then reverse the procedure, tightening nuts to 45 foot pounds.
That is the procedure from what my '94 manual shows.
Roland

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QUESTION: That may be it but these are on some sort of frame and they move when the vehicle is put into reverse and they seem to be on a frame or crossbeam.

Answer
Hi Liz,
The motor mounts are the items to which the left and right front corners of the engine are bolted, and they have a rubber cushion and connection that is bolted to the frame below. There is said to be some mounts that were liquid filled, but those are replaced only when there is a sign that liquid has leaked out. The rubber ones can crack and need replacement. Those are the only items I know of that are flexible as you described. Have you checked to see that the bolts on the underside that attach the mounts to the frame are tight?
Roland