I've heard a lot people talking about possible hood failures but never seen one or read on how they fail. Can anyone fill me in on how or where they fail. Even as an engineer, I'm having a hard time visualizing how one of these things could fail when it's mounted on the hull.
Hood failures
- Thread starter Waternut
- Start date
Kennay
Squarenose for the _____
- Location
- Myrtle Beach, SC
When you land with the ski on it's side with enough force, the water acts as a shear, and can rip it off of the mounts.
- Location
- Gtown,Tejas
The hood will also break at the corners from harsh landings. Mine is cracked
BombThreat
'Diggity
- Location
- Johnstown, NY
SXR's are known to suck down when in a sub and then unlatching itself, I had that happen twice and then made some hood straps.
wydopen
onthepipe
- Location
- Goleta the Goodland
cased a reentry..
WaveDemon
Not Dead - Notable Member
- Location
- Hell, Florida
you can loose a hood and break nothing. the hood or hull can flex. the latch can pop open and then you're screwed.
LBE
Eddie Would Go.
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
The hood won't fail if you ride like Yamaha intended. That said, I bvelieve no one on this site rides like that.
The hood is fiberglass like the rest of the ski, land on the side from a roll and the hull can fail as well.
Drop 300lb of anything in the water form 10 feet in the air and see what happens. Something has to give.
The hood is fiberglass like the rest of the ski, land on the side from a roll and the hull can fail as well.
Drop 300lb of anything in the water form 10 feet in the air and see what happens. Something has to give.
Ericfox
Do it twice?That's DooDoo
- Location
- Akron area --> OHIO!
The hood also will flex and just loosen itself off the lock and brackets without breaking anything if you land on your side just the right way. You end up scrambling around in the break and end up leaving the hood so you dont take in water.
I'm practacing the barrell roll but i keep landing on my side.
I'm practacing the barrell roll but i keep landing on my side.
Fro Diesel
creative control
- Location
- Kzoo
Just stop. Now you guys got me all worried that my hood will fail at daytona. It is just an old sn...but the hood was modded and is very light. I went most of the summer without hood hooks, just used the straps. However i managed to crack a piece off the edge on the intake side.
I only yesterday put some sturdy blowsion hooks on, replaced that sn bracket to a UMI rn style. Only problem now is that my bracket area looks like swiss cheese. Something has got to give, i will take an extra stock hood to the ride and hope a buddy will bring/finish a modded one.
Carnage here i come. I just hope i make it to the weekend since i'll be there tuesday to start rippin.
I only yesterday put some sturdy blowsion hooks on, replaced that sn bracket to a UMI rn style. Only problem now is that my bracket area looks like swiss cheese. Something has got to give, i will take an extra stock hood to the ride and hope a buddy will bring/finish a modded one.
Carnage here i come. I just hope i make it to the weekend since i'll be there tuesday to start rippin.
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