Thrust ez drain issue

[nick750]

I'm having a issue with my thrust ez drain scupper. The ball gets stuck every ride after a big air. Is there any way to prevent this?

 

[Baja 252]

Stuck open or closed? I'm guessing it's dirty and covered with oil and stuff making it stick. I clean mine a few times a summer.

 

[just joe]

Is it a light weight ball or solid? I had that problem but my scupper ball was like a large ping pong ball and found it deformed and would stick under high pressure. A solid delrin ball fixed the problem for me.


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[orangefinger]

cleaning the balls is recommended after each ride with big air.......lololol :0) omg ....

 

[nick750]

stuck closed, and it's a solid heavy ball haha. I'll try cleaning out

 

[orangefinger]

loool....

 

[eastcoastjumper]

I have been spraying mine down with Maxima sc1 high gloss coating after washing the ski. Sometimes as i'm loading up to go ride ill give it a few squirts. I haven't had it stick since.

 

[zachweb]

Had this problem this summer. My ball seemed smaller than the picture on the TI website. They have the bigger ball for ~$7.50. Haven't had an issue since.

 

[Harbor]

Had this problem this summer. My ball seemed smaller than the picture on the TI website. They have the bigger ball for ~$7.50. Haven't had an issue since.

Good to know. You happen to know the size of that new one ? Thanks

 

[zachweb]

Good to know. You happen to know the size of that new one ? Thanks

I don't, but the old one would almost go thru the hole and you could barely touch it with your finger when it was stuck. The new one barely fits in the cavity when you put the grate on.

If it's sitting just right on the stand in the water, and it's draining a little, it'll vibrate open and closed as the amount of travel of the ball is very little and it must get some sort of pressure wave passing back and forth. Makes you go around trying to figure out what's going on!

The old ball definitely got saturated with fuel (had a hole in my tank! Couldn't figure out how I was going thru so much gas), so I'm sure this didn't help it. Still it would get really stuck and I had to pry it out with a screwdriver.