Oh Boy, so i installed new bearings in my pump housing and 3 hours of riding I blew the front bearing supporting the shaft in the pump housing. I packed it with new greese. Should I be using a certain type of greese? And secondly in a hurry to pull the pump off the ski I forgot to grab the shims for drive shaft alignment. Lost on the road from the lake. Now how do I get it properly aligned?
Blaster WB1 drive shaft alignment and correct greese?
- Thread starter catpower
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- sunbury ,ohio
Remove the engine , remove the midshaft , loosen the pump and center the driveshaft in the midshaft opening , shim and tighten the pump so the driveshaft stays in the center of the opening ,install midshaft and shim if needed so its aligned with the driveshaft ... tighten down the midshaft , install engine carefully and shim the mounts so that the coupler is not in a bind ...... as for grease I just use synthetic oil and have never had an issue '' my seals are good '' anyways this is how i do it and it works for me . ....... #2 you could just guess at the shims and take your chances but sometimes thats expensive ! PS as for the grease controversy I have yet to see a pump bearing go bad with any kind of grease in it ,I have only seen them go bad with NO grease in them .
Thanks blaster800 I knew someone out there could help. You mention shimming the mid shaft. If that is what u are talking about, I assume that the mid shaft bearing assy may not be at 90 deg to the drive shaft due to (the fire wall) if you will isn't exactly going to be square with drive line. Interesting though because I never saw any shims behind mid shaft bearing support. ps; I just slid motor forward and removed mid shaft, tight but less work. I like the oil idea it makes more sense to me than greese. I read somewhere that mfgs that used oil in past years are now using greese? I may have packed the greese in too tight forgeting there is no breather for expansion when things warm up.
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- sunbury ,ohio
you can use grease if you want . either /or it just spins way easier with oil . my midshaft had thin shims . the main idea is to be aware that THINGS ARE ALIGNED as much as possible . if you ever pull a pump on the beach and have to slide it back in while on your knees you will then wish it was as close as possible . also if the midshaft splines are on a''bind ''you can chew up a propshaft in a very short time .... dont ask , it brings back bad memories !