Dodge neon bad motor mounts?

ok so I need some help. like 4 months ago I accidentally put my car in reverse when i was doing like 30mph and wasted my motor mounts . after that happened of course the motor rocked back and forth but also there would be a grinding noise when hitting bumps or on hard take offs. a few days later i replaced the 2 motor mounts (the easy accessible aluminum ones) and the problems stopped. Well like 2 months later the grinding noise is back. At first i though it was from a bad lower control arm on the right so i replaced that along with new bushings and a ball joint. it still kept making noise so i though it had to be a bad inner cv joint so i replaced the whole half shaft. The dam thing keeps making noise so i finally took it to a shop and the mechanic took a guess and said that its probably my motor mounts. So now i have a haynes book and see there are a total of 4 mounts. but when reading the manual it says that there is a torque strut adjustment that needs to be done. In the book it says to measure 4.70 inches but on mine its more close to 6 inches, even after loosining the mounts i still cant get it to come even close.



I dont know what to do besides take it to a shop but i know I'll probably get charged for the repair more than the cars worth. can some one please help me out or is ther anyone that has had this same problem?Dodge neon bad motor mounts?
Check your sway bar links and struts. Also make sure all the bolts on the mounts you replaced are really tightDodge neon bad motor mounts?
check the brackets that the mounts go to ,i think by doing that you might have bent one of them and that will cause it to be off like that,i bought one for parts once that had been done like that and you couldn't keep mounts or cv joints in it,and the guy got rid of it because of that reason,it can and wil bend the brackets on those cars real easy,that would explain you not being able to set the clearance on it,it makes te engine and transmission set a little of which causes wear to other parts on it,it is fixable though,first you have to find the bend and go from there with it,good luck.,,your welcome.