Thread: 2001 grand prix torque strut bracket

Looking for some place to get this, other than our local dealer who wants $110.00 for it.

Already tried googling for "2001 grand prix torque strut bracket", as well as Advance,
Auto Zone, Rock Auto and Ebay. Searched the forum too, nothing useful found.

Mind you, its not the torque strut, mount, bushings etc,...

Its the actual cast/aluminum bracket with 4 holes in it that the torque strut bolts into,
then the bracket bolts into the engine, right at the front valve cover. Its the left side.
Ours broke and we think its whats causing some shake at 40-55mph when accelerating
or with a load on it.

Oh, its the 3800 series motor.

Thanks!

thats part of the icm bracket is it not?

icm bracket is under the coil packs, it has a bar where the upper strut mount bolts to it. (its molded as one piece)

pretty sure if you were to move the plug wires from the coils you can see the bracket better, i looked real fast and im also not coming up with one, not even a pic of one.

junk yard may be the best way to go about it.

to remove it. you unbolt the wires from the bottom of the icm, ( 6, 7 or 8 mm i cant remember) under the coils, take the plug wires off, un bolt the upper strut, (aka dog bone) and then you have 3 bolts on the left side under the where the coils sit and then slide off to the left over the studs. there is a ground wire for the icm to one of the bolt you remove, make sure you put that back where it came from.

if you got a pick and pull junk yard you'll get the feel of it when you take it off the junk car. its a easy fix. pretty sure you need deep sockets too.

Junkyard... Seriously, pay 5-20 put it on..

Originally Posted by DarkLord

PS Or are you saying that you can replace the one we have with the different type one thats
shown in your picture? Sorry if I'm being dense. Thanks again.

Originally Posted by hitman92499

He can change it out to the one that the other guy pictured. Those like the second pic are notorious for breaking.

what hit man said ^^^^

pop the hood and watch the engine as you shift it from reverse to forward, if it jumps a lot back and fourth a lot ( move a lot) the lower mounts are shot.

in that case you want to change both the lower engine mount and trans mount. there's write ups here to do them.

the vibration can be a lot of different things like bad tires, bad axle, being out of alignment. and so on.

If your motor mount is bad, I'd suggest getting a solid rubber mount. Napa carries them for about $50.