# Cv axles/ engine mounts

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/cv-axles-engine-mounts/21850>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** justy, subaru\
**Created:** [November 8, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cv-axles-engine-mounts/21850 "2008-11-08T22:19:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![deanhardy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@deanhardy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/deanhardy)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cv-axles-engine-mounts/21850/1 "2008-11-08T22:19:32Z")

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I’ve replaced the transaxles on my '94 Subaru Justy DL 3 times in about 25K miles! Could poor, but not horrible engine mounts be the case? Are mounts supposed to hold the engine like a rock, so to speak? How hard are they to replace? It seems if I had a way to hold the engine in place, I could swap them out fairly easily. Thanks for any help. Dean

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**Author:** ![Manolito](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/manolito/32/3070_2.png) [@Manolito](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Manolito)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cv-axles-engine-mounts/21850/2 "2008-11-09T20:59:14Z")

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I doubt that the engine mounts could cause this problem unless one is completely broken. Have you examined an axle after removing it to study the nature of the failure?

I would suspect that something is bent that causes the axle to get compressed or stretched too much at some point in the wheel travel.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cv-axles-engine-mounts/21850/3 "2008-11-09T21:53:32Z")

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Engine mounts contain rubber parts that allow some (very limited) movement of the engine. The engine is not bolted directly to the car “like a rock.”

I suggest you get hold of a service manual for your Justy. It will help if you decide to replace the mounts, and it might offer some insight into the drive axle problem.

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cv-axles-engine-mounts/21850/4 "2008-11-10T01:01:03Z")

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A terminology issue, a transaxel is a combination transmission and differential, the parts you are replacing are commonly refered to as half-shafts.

I looked at this post and thought “three transmissions,whats going on”?

What is the failure with your half-shafts? always the same?