Mg strut bushings help please

[Boat guy]

The Miss geico has two small bushings on each end of the strut. The strut has a solid piece in the middle that does not come out. It seems that the front one gets stuck and makes a bad vibration as it is supposed to spin I am told. I removed it cleaned it polished it and it then wouls spin inside the strut. The back bushing near the prop is not an issue it is the front. After 10 min the vibration was back at the strut. When I took it apart the front bushing was again stuck. Same deal then it spins again, a little fine sanding. Looking at the mystic it has one long bushing that goes all the way through the strut, the MG has two small seperate ones. One in front and one in back by the prop. It is the front one that keeps siezing after the grease is worn off. It is almost as if the front is not round so it wont let the bushing spin./
I have sanded the front bushing just a little and polished it, it is now spinning much better but I think somehow the front of the strut is nor round so it gets stuck after a little heat gets to it when running full speed. Will try again and report back.

JLANDER the strut in your picture is not the same as the MG
Has anyone replaced the MG bushings, if so w/ what as the mystic are not the same strut. I see someone said replace the back one but the front one is the one that is getting stuck in my MG??

[JLandwer]

The stock Mystic has the two bushings like you described about the MG. The bushing in my picture is the replacement one I picked up from Kintec that replaces both the small bushings at both ends of the strut fpr a one piece free spinning greasable bushing.

[skyhighdiver]

I will try the 3 hole short as the MG one never seems to come into stock thanks for the info.

The stock Mystic has the two bushings like you described about the MG. The bushing in my picture is the replacement one I picked up from Kintec that replaces both the small bushings at both ends of the strut fpr a one piece free spinning greasable bushing.

[bluej20]

The kintec one designed for the Mg in the MG upgrades tab has been out of stock for awhile. I ordered the 3/16 short bushing in the flex cables tab. The stock strut on my mystic has a a machined sleeve in the center of the strut that the two factory bushing push into and stop up against this. Im sure the MG has the same design. I dont know anything on the Mg upgrade bushing since I haven't seen one in person, Im just going by looking at how short it looks compaired to the one I ordered. Here are some pics to show how it works on my setup.

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Is the Second picture the Stock Back Busing installed? and the third one is the Kintec Racing bushing after the install?

I think mine's seized up as well and im looking to replace both of these with a single one piece from kintec.

[skyhighdiver]

Is the Second picture the Stock Back Busing installed? and the third one is the Kintec Racing bushing after the install?

I think mine's seized up as well and im looking to replace both of these with a single one piece from kintec.

Thanks again for the help on the bushings JLandwer
I got the 3 hole short and as stated it slid right in to the MG
it does stick out the back next to drive dog a hair when you mate it up to the stuffing tube
think I will try to cut it off just a 1/8 or so
the kinetic MG upgrade one it used by leaving the bushing next to the stuffing tube in
and just replacing the bushing next to drive dog from what i can tell.
I did get one of those before and it is working fine that way.
But I now have my second hull repaired and wanted to upgrade its bushings as well
well see how cutting the 3 hole short goes I will put something inside it and dremal it off hope

[Boat guy]

So the replacement bushing goes all the way through. How does it fit past the middle part of the strut that's is solid. ?? It just slides in with e old bushings still in.

[Boat guy]

I fixed vibration in strut, the front one was getting stuck. I sanded it a little and polished it well and spins fine. Now the vibration is at the stuffing box. There was a crack there after crash but liner was fine. Used ca to seal the outside of crack. Must be in the tube at the box.
Any ideas on how to fix that one, any input would be good . When full of grease is smooth but after 10 min its out of grease and vibrating at stuffing box . So i have just moved the vibration from strut to stuffing box, or tube. Thx.