Hey all, been awhile since I've been here. Also been too long since I've worked on the Comanche, but here I am. Anyways, I've got a 1990 Comanche shortbox with the 4.0/AX-15/NP231 combo. I'm trying to make the belly flat. In the process I think I'll be making a new crossmember. I'm going to be clocking the transfer case as well. Now for the question.
I'll be losing space between the tunnel and transmission by making a crossmember that doesn't hang lower than the frame. I would like to combat this by either removing the transmission mount completely and bolting the transmission directly to the crossmember (less likely plan) or else using some sort of flat rubber bushing between the crossmember and transmission (more likely).
If I got the flat rubber bushing plan I'll probably try it out first with hockey pucks (readily available, I have a ton of them) and if that fails I'll have to find something else.
So my question is, what am I missing here? I've heard the "hockey pucks are meant only for hockey" argument against using them for body lifts, but what about transmission mounts? They're hard rubber, I'll probably use 4 of them with two sides cut so they square up with each other, and they'll be a lot shorter than a normal transmission mount. I really can't see how they'd fail any faster than a regular transmission mount. I've done squish tests on a large vise before with impressive results.
Am I crazy or might this work?
