well on mine the rubber "disk pair" on each side for decoupeling the engine from the chasis was worn out ..looked liked fully bent on the inside..which then does NOT support the torque withstand as engine winds up..you need to check please this as well as same symptoms.
Mine were the original rubber (good as long lasting and restant to temp) did replace them by polyuretan...
Matthias
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