anyone have a picture of how/where the bobble strut bracket goes on the tranny?

[saw wave analog]

anyone have a picture of how/where the bobble strut bracket goes on the trannymy omni is sitting undrivable because during the 555 conversion (at the end actually) i discovered i was missing the bobble strut bracket. dows anyone have a pic of where it goes because im not even sure where to put it once i get one.. i cant feel or see any bolt holes.. how is it attached to the tranny?

many thanks and rep points to all that can help me get my omni back on the road

[powermaxx]

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Originally Posted by saw wave analog anyone have a picture of how/where the bobble strut bracket goes on the

It bolts to the back of the diff cover and the trans to a "tab" on the trans housing. The next thing you'll run into is the bracket that is on the K member will not line up (it's off by about an inch) with the bobble strut (err.. shock). Some folks just lay the strut up along side the bracket and run a long bolt (spacer needed where old strut went) and bolt it up. On my son's Omni we welded in a new piece (bolt will be in a double shear like originally, less strain on the bracket). The long bolt idea has worked for others (do a search for thier results)

Hope that helps.....

[saw wave analog]

thanks

i have a perfectly sized bolt ( 9/16 fits super tight after a bit of filing) and a big pile of washers to shim the crap out of it with, so i am ready to bolt it in.. the upper bracket was just gone and i have the tranny in the car already and wasnt seeing where the mount went. its being delievered today so the car should be back on the road tonight

the mopar to ya bracket is in as well hahaha

[OmniGuy123]

Yeah, I was going to suggest the washers to help sure everything up under there. Seems like a good idea.

[powermaxx]

Here is a pic of bracket (modified for rod shifter) but shows how it attaches to the cover and trans, you'll get the idea.

My other comment was make sure you put something (spacer, washers, etc...) back in between the original barcket (on the K member) to replace where the strut originally mounted. Your new bolt should be long enough to go through both tabs of the orig mount bracket and your offset shock/strut together. If you only use one side of the bracket the engine movement will make short work of the bracket due to the "leverage" it now has (unless you only make "Honduh" horsepower level ).

And another "MOPAR to Ya!"

(Pics came from another TD member, sorry for any "mis-use")

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Originally Posted by saw wave analog thanks i have a perfectly sized bolt ( 9/16 fits super tight after a bit of filing) and a big pile of washers to shim the crap out of it with, so i am ready to bolt it in.. the upper bracket was just gone and i have the tranny in the car already and wasnt seeing where the mount went. its being delievered today so the car should be back on the road tonight the mopar to ya bracket is in as well hahaha

[iTurbo]

Here is a thread showing what I did on my Omni:

K-frame bobble strut bracket (Omni transaxle conversion)

I still have the A525 in the car, but I have an A568 for it next time I pull the drivetrain for any reason.

[saw wave analog]

awesome thanks for the pic, its a bit washed out and im a bit slow so let me make sure what i am seeing is correct.. im sure ill figure it out when i get home and can look at it but ive already had so many delays on this im trying to cover all my bases, i *really* want to be able to drive the thing tonight.. is that the bracket attached to the s/d sensor housing? it looks like the housing is not attached to the tranny in that pic. i didnt see anywhere for it to bolt to that housing when i checked it out the other day, its still off the tranny and out of the car right now.. is it just using existing bolts in the housing or am i way off base?

im at work right now so i cant go look at it. fedex shows that it was delievered to my house an hour ago so tonight is the night hopefully.. 2100 for the car and transmission, 600 more in parts, ive had it for a month and only gotten to drive it for a day.. i am so ready for it to work.. there is a long list of dsms i want to start picking on

[powermaxx]

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Originally Posted by saw wave analog .. is that the bracket attached to the s/d sensor housing? it looks like the housing is not attached to the tranny in that pic.

The diff cover goes all the way to the speed sensor/extension housing. The two bolts you see on the left actually (if memory serves me) go thru and clamp the diff/axle bearing in that area. You can take the speed sensor housing off and not disturb the bracket (again, I'm old and I could be confused ) It can only go on one way and I'm sure once you see the bracket and the trans/diff cover it will be obvious.

[saw wave analog]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....

duh..

i see it now, for some reason i was thinking the whole diff area was a pic of the s/d extention laying in front of the tranny.. haha like i said fuzzy pic and im not too bright

makes sense now, 2 and a half hours until i get off work and start on it.. hopefully ill have some pics to post up tonight when its all back together

thanks again for all the help