Other The What is your biggest Rookie move on a build.
- Thread starter B3IS
- Start date
- Location
- Cleveland Ohio
When I put the superjet pole and steering on my sxr, it did not flip the steering plate.
When I went to ride it, I pulled out, turned left and the ski went right and smashed into the dock.
When I went to ride it, I pulled out, turned left and the ski went right and smashed into the dock.
WILKEY
SO FAR CHANGE SUCKS!!!!!!
Ouch
lol i know that probably sucked, but that had to have been some funny poop!
BlastinGaston
If its broke I Rode it
I hooked the supply line on my gas tank to the reserve side and didnt realize it untill i ran out of gas. It was an hour and a half i was floating in the middle of the lake before anyone on the dock decided to get in the boat and come look for me..lol
Freakrider
X247
- Location
- Tampa Bay area
I once chased my azz around trying to figure out why my blaster would sputter after 20 mins or the first big wave jump IN SALTWATER ONLY but not on a lake test...I learned to throw a blanket over the running ski and spray the coil wires with saltwater with a spray bottle...the coil wires lit up like a christmas tree when sprayed, WSM coil wires were bad... oem parts rock !
- Location
- Largo, Fl
My first "build" around 1990. I had an '87 550 that I blew the motor on . The ski was faded red and I wanted to make it look nice. So while the motor was out I took it to a buddy that built boats. He stripped it and put on white gelcoat. I went to pick it up when he had it done using the company work truck. I had nothing to tie it or strap it in. I thought "it's a short trip, I'll take it easy" . I made it to within one stop light of our shop when I took off from the light and that empty hull with nice fresh gelcoat sitting on a plastic bedliner slid right out of the bed. Ended up right in the middle of a major intersection
I turned right around to my buddy's shop to fix some glass and gelcoat.
I turned right around to my buddy's shop to fix some glass and gelcoat.
yep.. ive had that happen in the middle of an intersection too!
Wilkey should be chiming in here soon!!
Idok
F1pro
- Location
- Nations oldest muthaF+++kin city
ohhhhh..forgot to close off the inside foam holes? that must have SUCKED to clean out...
- Location
- Huntington Beach, CA
Sank my 650 when i was out in the ocean , tried waving down this million dollar yatch for help, only to be ignored(damn them!!!) , not too surprised haha finale got pulled in by harbor patroll
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IceRocket1286
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- Location
- Metro Detroit
Weather pack is junk, use deutsch connectors. I have never had issues, and this is what JSS uses also.
here they are. theirIMO some have luck. i didnt.
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this one you'd use on the stator.
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good use for a 650!
IceRocket1286
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- Location
- Metro Detroit
I remember a few years back when I had my square nose that my bendix took a crap on me. I got the new one installed and ran into the house real quick and came out to find my dad installing the flywheel bolt with an impact gun. He installed it just fine against my best wishes. Then he gave it the "one extra tighten" and snapped that thing clean off. That was a bad day.
- Location
- Trumbull CT
1- Fastly put together a 750 cause i wanted to ride really badly... first off- forgot to run a breather line.. lucklily my father came down and was like oh hey you need a breather or your gonna have a BOMB.. think that saved my life... later that day, the new head came in, i swapped it really fast, and forgot to put a cooling line on... ended up not running to well... and then i stopped. smoke BILLOWED out of it.. i flipped it upside down, flipped it back up, still billowing, had to pull hood off and sink the thing... 750s have lots of foam.. got it to shore, and damn i did som damages!!
2- GP1200- Filled her up with all new expensive oil , all the damn shop had, forgot to put the oil cap on... was about 8 miles of shore when my oil light starter beeping and blinking... screwed....
2- GP1200- Filled her up with all new expensive oil , all the damn shop had, forgot to put the oil cap on... was about 8 miles of shore when my oil light starter beeping and blinking... screwed....
- Location
- Trumbull CT
3- Changing my mind 15 times on one ski build.. thats JUST MOTOR CHANGES...THAT cost me a LOT of money...
Now add in the times i changed all the other crap... bad idea.
Now add in the times i changed all the other crap... bad idea.
gc4
I'd be lost without the x
- Location
- Kingston, Ontario
Ordering anything from Blowsion to Canada and picking UPS as the shipper.
What has brown done for you lately? Doubled the cost of my order.
What has brown done for you lately? Doubled the cost of my order.
- Location
- Fort Sask, AB
Yup they sure spin the how much you gonna pay today wheel.. I shipped a hood once by UPS paid $100 for shipping (steep but I needed it soon) and another $70 for the brokerage. I asked the guy how they came up with the brokerage amounts and all he could say was it's complicated.. So later I looked it up and found this http://www.ups.com/content/ca/en/shipping/cost/zones/customs_clearance.html .. I guess if they told you your shipping was going to be 170$ they might lose your business initially instead of making you hate them later. At least the driver was nice and didn't throw it over the fence.
When rebuilding my buddies 750sx we re-used the woodruff key for the flywheel, it sheared, changed the timing of the motor, we tried many thing to figure out why it wouldn't fire, it filled the waterbox with all the un-burnt fuel, fired it one more time and KABOOOM went the fiberglass waterbox into 5 pieces. Good thing no one had their head in the engine bay.