kitty died

[The Penguin]

well - not too bad.

I was riding Friday afternoon and immediately after landing a jump - my ski made the most gawdawful noise I may have ever heard.

a sound like when you step on a cat would be the closest description.

So I swam the boat in and tried to assess the situation. Out of water, the motor ran fine - but in water - horrible noise...and no forward motion. So, the pump and midshaft were suspect. back to the house to start taking stuff apart.

I was intending to do a motor swap that night anyway, but when I looked in the hull - I saw something I didn't like...a black rubber donut.

so I went ahead with removing the motor and found that all four motor mounts were busted.

further examination revealed that the source of the initial problem was a spun midshaft. I wish I could take a picture of it - it's damn near smooth - not even a hint of a spline left in it.

Of course I have 4 new motor mounts at home (90 miles away), along with a used midshaft. I had brought 3 used mounts from home for some reason, so just needed 1 mount and a midshaft. Wave Chaser and QuickMick were coming the next day so I called them and located some parts.

I wish this story had a happier ending - but QuickMick brought a mount for a blaster - so I had to be a boat whore on Saturday and the surf was kickin. Dammit. :banghead:

so carnage for the weekend - 4 motor mounts, 1 midshaft, 1 driveshaft

 

[hangtime]

Your mounts gave way and that was the cause of your midshaft failure.
It's a biotch of a job fixing everything associated with a double shaft failure .

Holy Shiot ,clean that bilge my man .

 

[wayne]

larry better be glad he didn't show up. you know he would not have let you out do him on the carnage.

 

[The Penguin]

that bilge has been that dirty since I got it.

It will be getting a Super Purple treatment while I have it apart though.

 

[SuperJETT]

I am a member of the dirty bilge club too, and to me it's a sign the ski gets ridden instead of cleaned.

I'm just waiting (dreading) the day my midshaft goes. They all do eventually, and mine is the original from 96 AFAIK.

 

[Big Kahuna]

if aligned correctly they should never go.

 

[Moondance]

I told you that you couldn't polish a turd.

 

[Matt_E]

if aligned correctly they should never go.

You mean rotational components have absolutely no wear? :love:

 

[YAMA CAT]

Sorry Miss Kitty is injured.

if aligned correctly they should never go.

Yes as much a you ride, your parts will never wear. :tomato: j/k

 

[The Penguin]

:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

 

[Moondance]

ZING!!!!!!!!!!
1 pt - Yamacat
0 pt - BK

 

[Big Kahuna]

let me rephrase, If your alignment is perfect, you can expect many years of use out of it. It may never wear out..............

but if it is out of alignment, they you can expect it to strip... I installed a new Midshaft, got 2 rides out of it and it stripped out because of misalignment.

 

[Scraggly]

sorry to hear it man.

 

[ger87410]

That sucks!!!

Think you'll get her running by Texoma?

 

[The Penguin]

shiot - I hope to have her running by tonight. :biggrin:

I have all the part to put her back together - I'll just have to rob them from my build. :wink:

 

[Big Kahuna]

why not just finish the build already!!!!!!!!!!

 

[The Penguin]

no time to work on it right now.

faster to get this one back up - then back to working on the build

 

[The Penguin]

Your mounts gave way and that was the cause of your midshaft failure.
It's a biotch of a job fixing everything associated with a double shaft failure .

Holy Shiot ,clean that bilge my man .

better? :biggrin:

 

[Moondance]

Who's hull is that?:silly:

 

[The Penguin]

I am pleased to report the patient has emerged from surgery!

An initial post-op evaluation shows her new heart & lungs to be in good working order - and her new jugs look great!