I have a '96 sportsman 500 with about 6000 miles on it. My motor was twisting from the torque causing misalignment of the clutches and wearing my belt bad. I found out the motor mounts were bad and needed to be replaced.

Ok so I unbolted all the mounts and the drivers side rear mount wore into the block making it oblong (sp?) and the passenger side rear is froze inside the block.

Anyone had these problems before? I was thinking of either:

1: helicoiling the hole and hope for the best.
2: JB welding the crap out of it with the mount in it since I'm pretty sure the new mount will outlast the motor with 6K on it. What are your takes?

Thanks

 

My 2 cents, i would helicoil first. If that did not work i would then try the jb

 

wow it was worse than I thought. It looked like a cone with the widest spot being towards the bottom and getting smaller has the hole deepened. You could fit a bolt twice as big in it! I went a head and JB welded it since a helicoil couldn't work. I think it will hold just fine. Thanks for your input

Travis