RESTO 95 SPX resto

[Matt Braley]

Take a fresh look. Many times they will look OK but be dry and they blow out in chunks when you wet test it. I just quit trusting used ones.

This guy nailed it!

 

[DAGRE147]

Lol yeah he knows a thing or two....

 

[Matt Braley]

You got a plan? I have a new white one for $40 if you want it.

 

[DAGRE147]

Sure lemme know a good time to grab it.

 

[DAGRE147]

Got the wear ring in the mail today from Bay area powersports. Impressive, they shipped tuesday and I received today. No sticker though, it's become a bit of an obsession collecting peoples stickers :/ Weird thing is, I also ordered an impeller removal tool from them, and there was plenty of room in the package for it (flate rate shipping package)....but it shipped separate and didn't get here today. Weird business strategy....

Hopefully it arrives tomorrow, so this weekend i'll (hopefully) have the SPX fully done and ready for sale on CL. Already noticed a slight pickup in listings, so i might list it and jump the gun on the spring sales.

 

[soccerdad]

I have had good luck with Bay area powersports as well. Always fast and a decent price for stuff.

 

[DAGRE147]

Old wear ring.

 

[Jetskigoodies]

Thats salt for ya, I have never seen that on any of the 40+ seadoos we have bought.

 

[DAGRE147]

the salt was caked under the ring. there was absolutely no plastic left on it

 

[Sportster-2001-951C-Stock]

the salt was caked under the ring. there was absolutely no plastic left on it

A little extra impeller clearance there, maybe a little too much eh? The OD looks okay though, just flip it inside out? (joking!)

 

[Sportster-2001-951C-Stock]

Thats salt for ya, I have never seen that on any of the 40+ seadoos we have bought.

The good thing about salt is, the wear ring gets so dry and brittle it just falls right out if you tip the pump towards the ground.

Not to mention, all the other benefits.........

 

[DAGRE147]

Tell that to my pump! I had to use a dremel, I broke a screw driver trying to get it out lol

 

[Sportster-2001-951C-Stock]

Tell that to my pump! I had to use a dremel, I broke a screw driver trying to get it out lol

I see, early replacement. So this was optional preventive maintenance, replace ring while pump is off, eh?

"salt caked under the ring", LOL, salt was providing the adhesive forces that kept the ring from falling out!

I think you guys don't need to use locktite, just drizzle a few drops of salt into the threaded hole then torque it down?

 

[DAGRE147]

No it definitely needed to be changed, way too much impeller gap as you said.

 

[Sportster-2001-951C-Stock]

No it definitely needed to be changed, way too much impeller gap as you said.

You're right, shouldn't be more than the clearance of a dime's thickness, the smaller the better (tighter).

 

[DAGRE147]

Been stuck with maybe half an inch left to go. Froze it all night, used rubber mallet, 2x4, lubed it, everything. Times like today I wish i had a vice. Would've removed the impeller first instead of the predicament I'm in now

 

[racerxxx]

If that's an aluminum pump it might not be salt. It might just be aluminum corrosion. I ride in salt, I've never seen anything between there. Note on my old skis with aluminum pumps the one had corrosion and it was white powder, like the stuff of the stainless hardware. Give it a lick.

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[Sportster-2001-951C-Stock]

Yes, the free radicals in saltwater are the terrorists responsible for attacking your aluminum alloy housings to convert them to AlCl3, otherwise known by many as "corrosion", "white death" or "salts of aluminum chloride".

Is it the "fretting" corrosion? https://www.faa.gov/regulations_pol...craft/amt_handbook/media/FAA-8083-30_Ch06.pdf

Maybe I wouldn't lick it, aluminum chloride is classified as a neurotoxin? Linked to Alzheimer's?

Water is the enemy, beware for it is the most common solvent on earth. Half of it's content is hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe competing with stupidy, firmly in second position.

 

[Sportster-2001-951C-Stock]

Been stuck with maybe half an inch left to go. Froze it all night, used rubber mallet, 2x4, lubed it, everything. Times like today I wish i had a vice. Would've removed the impeller first instead of the predicament I'm in now

I guess you want a vice to use for pressing in the ring, as opposed to the type of vice that gets one into trouble with the law?

Do you have a hydraulic bottle jack, a hand full of wood screws or long bolts and some lumber (such as 2x6) you can use to make a wooden frame?

 

[DAGRE147]

All but the bottle jack. Thought about a frame

 

[soccerdad]

OK, jack up your truck, put the pump under the tire, put a board on top of the ring and let your truck down slowly. Kind of like a huge press, but may not be that much force. Not really serious, but it may work. Block the tires if you try it.

 

[Sportster-2001-951C-Stock]

Too much corrosion maybe? How about making a clamp with some lumber, threaded rod, nuts washers, etc?

 

[Sportster-2001-951C-Stock]

OK, jack up your truck, put the pump under the tire, put a board on top of the ring and let your truck down slowly. Kind of like a huge press, but may not be that much force. Not really serious, but it may work. Block the tires if you try it.

Yep, this ^^^ Or make a ramp to drive truck up onto, off the curb. What could go wrong besides shooting the pump straight through the neighbors picture window?

 

[DAGRE147]

Lol I opted for a little innovation. Problem is the single piece of wood as a blunt strike can only be used until about the last inch or two because if you leave the impeller on like I did, the drive shaft coupler rises above the wear ring lip and the wood hits it instead of the ring.

Made this, and it's slow going, but it's slowly working it's way down

 

[DAGRE147]

I have no idea why that picture is upside down lol