What wear ring in an hx

[blairwill4]

yeah that impellar looks like crap and im sure the edges are all nice and worn down now since its been metal on metal.

 

[blairwill4]

Im starting to hate this ski lol.

 

[racerxxx]

Im starting to hate this ski lol.

LOL, when it bucks you off is when you'll really hate it. Oh, it's coming--trust me. LOL

 

[blairwill4]

lol the first time I rode one I had, had a few beverages. Our neighbor at the lake has two of them. One with a factory pipe and one without. We were out in the middle of the lake and we switched so i could ride the one with the pipe. I couldnt for the life of me get back on the dang thing. My buddy had to come by and get off and show me how to side mount for me to finally figure it out lol.

 

[blairwill4]

So I was looking and the bracket that holds the bottom of the shock on for the seat is broken. This is actually a mixed blessing. I was able to lift up the seat and the shock and see that BINGO that rubber piece between the two drive shafts is missing. I think since the carbon ring is wore down and the bellows is sofft the drive shafts seperate and the rubber piece went flying somewhere down there and its nowhere to be found. The good news is yes the metal shavings you see inthe pictures are from the two shafts rubbing together but they dont show any major damage. And if I remove my zip tie trick I did on the bellows I can slide the rear shaft back enough to seperate the two and get that rubber piece in and then slide them back together. This way I dont have to take it all apart since I dont have an engine alignment tool. And then Ill weld my seat back together propperly. So since I have a broken seat I dont have to remove the carrier bearing for the time being and can at least see how I like the ski this summer. If I decide to keep it I'll tear it all apart this winter and make sure its good, replace the bellows and carbon seal, and get ahold of a tool and realign everything propperly.

 

[96spxpos]

[MENTION=63503]blairwill4[/MENTION] any updates on this?

 

[blairwill4]

Well I road about 5 hours on the ski with no issues. I liked it a lot but no body else did. I ended up selling it for what I had into it. I showed the guy what I had done and he seemed to know what I was talking about so I felt pretty good about it all. The plan is to get an x2 to take up the other side of the trailer.