So there's this mount just behind the transmission mount. Its attached to the side of the transmission, and it looks like it holds up a long betal bar that runs parrallel to my driveshaft toward the rear of the car.

Does anyone know what its called?

 

Torque arm bracket if your discription is correct.

 

That description is almost perfect if it was not for his having a cold. Its hard to pronounce an "M" with your nose stuffed up.

 

yep thats ur torque arm bracket, and dont even think of deleting that torque arm or youll loose 99% of your traction

 

I would say your more like F#%*ked because that is holding your rear end in line with the transmission and it will pivot on the control arms without it. So it could pull the drive shaft out if you try to movewhen the rear rotates then whats the point in worrying about a loss of traction if you can't move. [8D]

 

Thanks.

See about two months ago I had a sudden problem where if I went past about half throttle in first or second gear the stick shift would rise about 5 inches. So we replaced the transmission mount, but the stick still goes up about a quarter inch or so on the gas and it bounces around while I drive. I was going to replace the engine mounts, but then I found this little bugger, maybe it'll help.

Off to Oreilly's!

 

I would say that 1/4 inch is normal. Your engine is not solid mounted to the car, so it will move a little when the engine load changes. Since the shifter is attached to the transmission (I am assuming manual trans here), itwill have to move when the enginedoes. You don't need to worry about that small of a movement.

 

yeah, its a manual.

The thing is, before I had the problem I remember the stick being solid, not moving at all. Now its bouncing up and down on the smallest bumps. But if that's normal...

 

Well, that's what mine does. Even my Mazda econo-box has some movement, and it has less than 30k miles on it. Are you sure that yours was solid? Maybe you just didn't notice the movement until your transmission mount broke, and now you are more aware of it moving.

 

My dad had two manual 3rd gens and the shifters did not move. You may have weak or broken motor mount(s). The torque arm should not cause that because your motor and trans will hold it in place.