pulled lags form motor mount

[insaneasylm]

hey guys i pull my engine out today and i screwed up. I pulled the lags that hold the a-frame motor mount to the floor. Its the bow side motor mount.
What should i do about this. Do i need to fill the holes with fiber glass and rescrew new holes. Because i don't think that putting the lags back in the same holes will hold it very well. And at least the wood that came out with the lags was dry.

 

[JustJason]

Re: pulled lags form motor mount

Its okay to pull the lags. Most people do it that way. If you want you can either go up 1 size in lags when you go to refit if it looks like the wood will take a bigger lag without splitting. Or you can fill the holes with either wood glue or epoxy and stuff them with dry wood scraps and relag into that.
No biggie.

 

[insaneasylm]

Re: pulled lags form motor mount

well thats good news. I think i will just jump up a size in lag bolt then. thx for the replie

 

[jam1ej20]

Re: pulled lags form motor mount

You can also drill a larger hole and place a wooden dowel into the hole with epoxy or wood glue and then drill your lag bolts into the fresh wood of the dowel after sealing off everything with epoxy.