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My FIRST 97 SEADOO GSX PROJECT.

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There are two bearings on the shaft an o-ring AND a seal at the end near the rotary valve drive splines(a spring and washers too, but that is obvious). You'll need a blind hole bearing puller. Or your gonna have to get creative and grind half the head of a screw so that it will just slip into the center of the bearing but still have a lip to catch the bearing and then put a nut on the threads and cobble up some black iron pipe and a reducer to make a makeshift slide hammer. It's pressed in there pretty good, but with this blind hole bearing puller makes it a snap. The bearing is pn: 420932797, this is the one IN the case. Both of the following pullers can be bought at Harbor Freight. The blind hole puller is dynamite, the few jobs I've used it on it has worked spot on.

A 5/16-18 socket head cap screw(allen screw) will slide in the ID of the bearing, you could get a piece of all-thread(threaded rod) at Home Depot and a coupling nut in the electrical department by the Uni-strut. Then attach the coupling nut to the 5/16 SHCS and thread the threaded rod into that, then use the PVC cap you used before and then tighten a nut down against that. It's gonna want to slip out of the bearing, but perhaps even a 5/16 hex head and just dress the points off so that it will fit down into the bearing. You MIGHT want to bolt the cases back together. To press the bearing back in you can use a 15/16 DEEP socket(so that it will be engaged into the R/V shaft bore in the case) and put an extension on that and LIGHTLY tap the bearing into the case. This is where you need to be ultra careful, you want to make sure the bearing is square to the bore, if it goes in crooked you'll run the risk of fudging the case up and ruining the bearing wile pulling it out. YOU HAVE ONE SHOT TO GET IT RIGHT. If you need to pull the new bearing cause it went in crooked I wouldn't reuse it, you should never pull a bearing fro the ID and expect it to live.

I've also "made" oval washers to fit into a bore before but they need to slip in almost vertically and wouldn't work in such a tight bore. The narrow side allow it to pass thru the bore but when pulled back up against the bearing the "long" sides of the oval will catch what you are pulling--learned that one from an old Russian guy.

You will need a tool like this:
http://www.harborfreight.com/blind-hole-bearing-puller-95987.html

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The manual show them using this tool, I have one--it's a joke hence the reason for buying the blind hole puller. Way more positive way of extracting a bearing. As far as the rotary shaft with the brass gear, do yourself a favor and just buy one that is already together, those little clips are a bitch to get of, and you loose one of them and you'll be screaming.

http://www.harborfreight.com/15-piece-slide-hammer-and-puller-set-5469.html

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Edit: I must have deleted my first line, just adding it back in.
 
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Would a OEM bearing 6201 be the same as the 420932797 bearing?

Actually a 6201-Z. The Z denoting that it is metal shielded from one side only, the back is open. When you install it into the case put some 2 stroke oil in there BEFORE you install the shaft. Probably not needed because it should seep through the shield, but better safe than sorry. And buy a good bearing like an SKF which is the OEM supplier for bearings. And you can't use a 6201-ZZ, that is double shielded, they probably want the back side open for oiling purposes. The price locally is not going to be too far off from the dealer. I know when I bought mine the online dealer was cheaper then my bearing supplier that we use for work, albeit only a dollar and change, but still cheaper, and since i ordered it online it was free shipping AND no tax, and I wasn't in too much of a hurry for it. Just don't buy a cheap Chinese bearing for $2.00, get a good one.
 
Make an offer of $5, hope they would counter at $7 and your out the door for $10
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sea-doo-3D-..._Watercraft_Parts&hash=item2a262868b2&vxp=mtr


Here is one for $11.99
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bombardier-..._Watercraft_Parts&hash=item2c61ade215&vxp=mtr

If not here you go for $12.41
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-SKI...Parts_Accessories&hash=item19c775a857&vxp=mtr

I like to score as cheap as I can.

The dealers is just under $14 for the bearing without tax so I always try to beat that. Some guys hate Ebay, but for the buyer it can be lucrative! You can search on Ebay for 6201-Z and sort by lowest price and you'll find them for $2.75 with shipping, Um, yeahhhhh, I wouldn't trust that on my skateboard.
 
Make an offer of $5, hope they would counter at $7 and your out the door for $10
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sea-doo-3D-..._Watercraft_Parts&hash=item2a262868b2&vxp=mtr


Here is one for $11.99
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bombardier-..._Watercraft_Parts&hash=item2c61ade215&vxp=mtr

If not here you go for $12.41
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-SKI...Parts_Accessories&hash=item19c775a857&vxp=mtr

I like to score as cheap as I can.

The dealers is just under $14 for the bearing without tax so I always try to beat that. Some guys hate Ebay, but for the buyer it can be lucrative! You can search on Ebay for 6201-Z and sort by lowest price and you'll find them for $2.75 with shipping, Um, yeahhhhh, I wouldn't trust that on my skateboard.

Did Ebay make offer, and got it for $9 with shipping. Thanks dude:-)
 
That's what it's all about! All you need is the part number and you can find it, then just still down to find the best deal. Good job.
Cheaper than a local bearing house, just have to wait for it.
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That's what it's all about! All you need is the part number and you can find it, then just still down to find the best deal. Good job.
Cheaper than a local bearing house, just have to wait for it.
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The seller states he has to refund my money, because he can't locate the item I bought. :O
 
Gotta love auctions selling stuff they dont have in stock.

Tony...does that bearing puller work good in the pumps?
 
Bummer Dude, hit another auction of try your local bearing house. Out of all the years I've been buying and selling on Ebay, never once have I got that excuse.
 
Sorry it wasnt Tony....RacerXXX have you used that puller on pump bearings?

All good on the name. I have never personally used it for pulling the pump bearings, but by looking at the needle bearings online, I think it would work. I have used when I rebuilt my three wheeler and disassembled the rear diff to rebuild that, a super deep recess to reach the bearing at the bottom. The bearing was in there from 85' and nasty, this was the only tool that would remove it and it worked like a champ. I have used a several times at work on machinery and it has never let me down. If you have a local Harbor Freight buy it and try it, then tell them it was too big to fit in the bearings. Don't forget your 20% off coupon. OTC also make it if your too proud to use a Harbor tool, but you'll spend double the price. Compare the two, harbor could actually make it even cheaper if the weren't as fancy with the slide. They are probably made at the same factory in China, the OTC's are made by and adult and the Harbor is made by an 11 year old in the basement.

Sorry SS to muddy up your thread.


Harbor Freight
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OTC Brand

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Took my crank to Jet Trendz and Bret the owner suggested I get a remand crank because the bearings have some pitting on them, from nothing I did old stuff and the bearing on the balance shaft at the end needs replacing. He says the crank would work, but if its was his he would get a new one, because of how much time I put into the project. Who has the best deal on cranks?
 
If you plan on this being your personal machine for years...go with a OEM reman from the dealer. If you just want to get it running...SBT.

Thanks for the info on the puller Racer...Ill be picking that up the next time I go to HF.
 
Make an offer of $5, hope they would counter at $7 and your out the door for $10
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sea-doo-3D-..._Watercraft_Parts&hash=item2a262868b2&vxp=mtr


Here is one for $11.99
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bombardier-..._Watercraft_Parts&hash=item2c61ade215&vxp=mtr

If not here you go for $12.41
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-SKI...Parts_Accessories&hash=item19c775a857&vxp=mtr

I like to score as cheap as I can.

The dealers is just under $14 for the bearing without tax so I always try to beat that. Some guys hate Ebay, but for the buyer it can be lucrative! You can search on Ebay for 6201-Z and sort by lowest price and you'll find them for $2.75 with shipping, Um, yeahhhhh, I wouldn't trust that on my skateboard.

The other ebay sellers told me these bearings aren't for my model. Does anyone know for sure.
 
If your talking about #7 he 420932797 IS the CORRECT bearing part#

You can go here and triple check
http://www.shspowersports.com/fiche...y=Watercraft&make=Sea-Doo&year=1997&fveh=2311


Honestly SS you need to sit down and price out EVERYTHING to put this engine together. You have the cylinders that you bought, that's water under the bridge now. Now you need a crank, and a rebuilt counterbalance and a rebuilt RV shaft. Do you need pistons and rings, you might as well while your in there, then add pins and bearings, toss on a gasket set etc...

Crank $275
Counterbalance $75
RV shaft $90
Pistons and rings $200
RV bearing $10
Complete gasket set $70

Your at $720 just for those parts and I'm sure there is some small crap I'm missing.

SBT reman $845 for a standard warranty

There is $125 difference, do yourself the favor and buy an engine complete--and I'm the guy who would never do that but I'd hate to see you lose $720 over $125!

 
Well after the going to Jet Trendz, I decide to go to the Seadoo dealership. I spoke to a jetski repair technician, and he spent much more time looking at my crank shaft and stated it was fine. That the pitting isn’t really anything but some staining from coming out a working engine, he also suggested I take an emery board to those areas and it that would remove them; that my crank was very smooth and the bearings feel great. I decided to make a list of what I spend and share it with all of you.
1 Gasket complete set $60.99
2 Powder coating paint material $36.98
3 replacement cylinder jugs w/ shelves $145.00
4 4 $50.00 for replacement rotary cover, bolts and choke cable
5 TEMPERATURE SENSOR $19.00
6 2 MIKUNI SUPER BN SBN CARBURETOR CARB REBUILD $55.90
7 SBT.com
Sea-Doo Rotary Valve 159 ° disc
Sea-Doo Degree Wheel
Rotary Cover O-Ring
2 Carb Base Gaskets
Total $64.20 which I have to return these gaskets because of buying the full gasket kit.
8 97 Seadoo gsx with trailer $350
Total $ 721.08
 
Trying to sell some parts off a 96 Seadoo GTI with a 720 motor, anyone interested let me know it has a REV limiter.
 
I can't find one with that part number. Maybe it's old and they don't make it anymore. I see all kinds for the 800 motor tho
 
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