While doing random maintenance, I noticed that there are gaps at the top of the rubber transmission mounts, where they meet the car's 'body'. I checked the torque on the mount bolts and they were good. I thought the bolts might be too long, so I removed one of the bolts and it shows no sign of bottoming out. I replaced it and torqued to 58 ft-lbs.
I notice that both the engine mounts, as well as the transmission mounts seem to indicate a slight forward tilt to the engine/transmission unit, which I imagine could be explained by the trans mount being too low for some reason.
Is what I'm seeing here normal? If not, what's wrong? The mounts are 2 or 3 years old.
