ski-d00
Well-Known Member
Yes, the plugs have to be removed and they should not have charged you labor for this. Just talk to them and I'm sure they will remove the charge. I've done this timing chain recall and it kind of sucks the first time you do it. It takes 2 guys to do it but I've done it by myself also. The real problem is that seadoo designed this motor with no simple way to change the timing chain and every other motor I've ever seen has a way a simple way to change the timing chain. They didn't build in enough clearance on the bottom sprocket to freely remove the chain and it can't be removed in 1 piece without splitting the block halves. That should have been their first clue that it was a bad design. So, you basically have to break the chain and walk it around while feeding the new chain through, then use an uncrimped link and restake it to the proper specs. To be clear though, this is not a masterlink, it is a normal chain link that gets crimped just like all the other links did in the factory where it was manufactured.