These are wearing out way too fast. The last set lasted a month.
Any tips on what to look for that's causing the premature wear?
These are wearing out way too fast. The last set lasted a month.
Any tips on what to look for that's causing the premature wear?
2018 Skeeter ZX250
2018 Yamaha 250 SHO
Sounds like your mount is in a twist and causing excessive wear on your bushings. Loosen the mounting bolts one at a time until it will lift and return with ease.
Ranger Boats / Mercury Motors
G Loomis Rods / Shimano Reels
Raymarine / MinnKota Ultrex
Garmin / Live Scope Plus
Pepper Jigs / Robo Worms
Troll Bridge / V-T2 Vents
I agree with Mitch. Sounds like you have a twist in the mount.
How do you replace the bushings and how important are they?
Ranger Boats / Mercury Motors
G Loomis Rods / Shimano Reels
Raymarine / MinnKota Ultrex
Garmin / Live Scope Plus
Pepper Jigs / Robo Worms
Troll Bridge / V-T2 Vents
Agreed, sounds like uneven loading within the bracket, recheck installation for possible twist as they've said above.
I put a set of these machined bushings on mine and they are working out excellent so far.
Minn Kota Pivot Bushing (Replaces 2287300) Fortrex Ultrex Maxxum Riptide (jcracingonline.com)
2011 Ranger Z518, Mercury 200 Pro XS
2002 RANGER 520VX
2006 Mercury PROXS 225
Just ordered a set of them. The originals can be found for .95 a piece but I’ve blown out like 3 sets in the last 2 months of fishing. I have no idea why but they just fall out and split in half. Probably because the mount is bent like others said. My last set lasted 1 day. I have 20 plastic ones on order too. I’m going to the ghost in June so i figure if each bushing lasts me 3 days I’ll be good.
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HDS16 Pro- Solix15 : Console
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Dual 10' Blades/ Lowrance Ghost/ Bobs Hydraulic Plate
225ah cranking / 100ah trolling. Ionic/Relion lithium
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Thanks for the link
2011 Ranger Z518, Mercury 200 Pro XS
I replaced my rear pivot bushings last summer. Not too bad of a job. I did by a few extras just in case it happens again. I wish I knew about the Delrin machined bushing before!
I just ordered set of those aftermarket bushings. they can't be worse than the original.
Just ordered a couple sets of the delrin bushings and they made the shipping label at 6:30pm Tuesday so cudos to the company for trying to made the customers happy. I will be able to give reviews after a bit.
Mercury 250 proxs 2B115089
I have a slight twist in my mount as well. It's very minor, if I rest the motor down in just won't latch, if I pull the cable it will fall in place, and if I drop it just a little it will latch. I tried adjusting the bolts for hours and can get it to sit 100% flat. I haven't noticed any wear yet on the bushings... I like those aftermarket ones tho.
I loosened all the bolts so they had a lot of play in them . That did nothing. I then put a little lube on several of the moving parts and nothing there either . Then I put the smallest amount of lube where the locking mechanism meets the bracket and it slid right in . I think the when the lube wears off the next time I might take a file or something to the mount and make the slanted spot where it hits a little more vertical . I would leave enough there to make sure there is still a good catch .
I received my parts today in 3 days, pretty amazing for Louisiana to ND, I put them in and my trolling motor now latches without effort. Will stop in again after using the ultrex for a complete review
Mercury 250 proxs 2B115089