FX-1 the fx1 pump shoe

[tom21]

I'm not- I've not done it, just heard its been done. or more to the point, the stock sj one. since the blowsion one is a replacement for that.....

from your pic it doesn't look like much will be left by the time you finish grinding!?

don't forget to remove the bearing carrier and make sure the pump is aligned and inspect your carrier for seperation.

any of you have pics of different rideplates? Not seen a whole lot of em just wondering whats out there.

 

[tom21]

tom you must be a better man than i to install a blowsion shoe where a fx1 use to be.

ahh my bad- you guys were talking about grinding the pump area for the shoe:doh:

I thought you were saying you had to grind for the pump to fit in the hull.

sorry- don't pay attention to the old dude.:Flush:

 

[Flash-FX]

All those aluminum replacement pump shoes are a little rough. Grinding on both the shoe and hull are necessary for a really good fit. The R&D the one I used was like those from Blowsion.

 

[sjaholic]

yeah the blowsion shoe blows but it's doable.
no problem tom. old dude huh? i bet i'm quite afew years ahead of you!

 

[tom21]

'71 baaaaby!!! wife, 3kids and the grey hair to prove it!

what you got????

 

[sjaholic]

wife of 26 years. 22,20 and 17 year old kids. i'll be 49 next month.

 

[tom21]

you win -old fart! :notworthy::haha:

 

[sjaholic]

pumps in. worked on fitting rideplate. had to notch around the shoe and do some grinding on one of the ribs on the plate to clear the bolt head on the pro tec steering nozzle.

about time to flip it over and put it back together.

 

[sjaholic]

now in the my ski section under "grandpa's fx1". enjoy.

 

[tom21]

did you use the original fx pump nozzle? not the steering but the other? it looks like there are spacers for the steering nozzle? is that because its pro tec cause the stock 144 st nozzle didn't seem to spaced that far out.

 

[sjaholic]

tom used sj reduction nozzle. there are spacers between the two nozzles.
the pro tec is made for running a trim system. since there is no trim ring between the twoyou need the spacers.

i'd like to get it on the lake but it's been cold and the lake is at a record high. it was beautiful blue/green now chocolate brown full of branches, twigs and crap. big lake though over 60 miles long.

 

[tom21]

ah makes perfect sense now. I was like hm used the fx-1 reduction nozzle- why change the rest then?????? thanks.

 

[Idok]

It was a little bit of a project. The Blowsion shoes outer dimensions are "oversized" just a little bit, because when you take the stocker out of a SJ, you need one slightly larger to fill the void.

I have a stock alum shoe from a SJ, its 144, but slightly smaller outer dimensions, pm if your interested in trading. I was gonna buy the Blowsion one for my SJ, the one I have has the smaller outer dimensions and is a little small for my SJ.

when did they start putting aluminum shoes in? I have never seen anything but the OEM plastic???









the pro-tec plate is the best for the fx1....the stocker is thin as a coke can, but the protec is pretty beefy..

mines a little long, but never felt a need to trim it down

 

[Rumble]

You are on the right track, you do need to grind the shoe down and make sure the intake grate is not to low either. If left hanging to far down it will create some serious handling issues.

I found that when I got my blowsion shoe in there was hardly a mm of difference between how the grate sat? Maybe I missed something..

 

[circafwsk8r]

ahh my bad- you guys were talking about grinding the pump area for the shoe:doh:

I thought you were saying you had to grind for the pump to fit in the hull.

sorry- don't pay attention to the old dude.:Flush:

you have to grind the pump to get it to fit im doing this swap now look close, bobs pump has the top 2 mounts for the wear ring cut of they hit on the hull i guess some silicone and the bottom 2 mounting tabs are good enough. i thought about grinding the hull a bit but i guess its alright without the top 2 tabs