I had the same issue, i just shortened the ball bolt with a angle grinder and finished with a file. Washers are a good idea too if it doesn't make your ball too high.
To me it sounds like a fuel starvation issue as well. Did you replace the check valve, or just blow through it? I had one on my ski that seemed to be working fine when i tested it off the ski by blowing through it but something internally caused it to fail while riding. Replaced that and now...
I found that the more time i got in the tray the more the "squirrelliness" went away. I think its more about how you position your weight in the boat. For the first month or so I struggled with feeling like i was about to be tossed out of the tray, but now I'm very happy with my 2015. It...
Sunday was the first day of work in the garage. I'm not going to claim to be great at fiber-glassing but I've done a few projects in the past so I wasn't totally in the dark about it. Here's the foot holds going in.
Old turf off, controls off and cleaned up:
First cut after some trimming...
Hello!
A little background on me and the boat. I live on the west coast of Wisconsin so I ride when I can, a lot in the summer months but also have a 5/7mm wetsuit that keeps me warm even in freezing water temps. I bought the SJ new in August of 2015, since then I have kept it mostly...
A lot of my riding friends wear wrestling shoes. They have great ankle support and are usually cheaper than any Jet ski specific shoe and you can probably find/try them on at a local store.
I ride pretty much year round in Wisconsin on the Mississippi. There is a local well they pump into the river here that keeps an area the size of a football field free of ice. I run a 5/4 O'neill wetsuit in the winter, on sunny days i sweat. Usually 1.5mm gloves are enough for me, if its...
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