Re: 1100 zxi winterizing

Scott,
I have been removing the seals from the cone side bearing in all magnum pumps and
putting oil in since 96 I have yet to have any bearing Failures.
Steve

Scottspjs wrote:

> George,i think we can agree that skat -trak builds the best aftermarket pumps
> available.If there was big hp and speed gains to be had from using a system
> like yours dont you think they would have adopted a wet system by now? my ski
> puts out 225+ hp with the triple pipe motor installed and has not had a bearing
> failure since i have owned it.How many times have i repacked the "sealed"
> bearings? not once.Most kawasaki pump related problems i have seen are salt
> water damage.mostly the wear ring being pushed into the impeller by a buildup
> of salt deposits between the ss wear ring and the pump housing.It has a name
> but i dont remember it.Giz would know.Maybe you do.It is caused by two
> different metals not getting along.I have seen much better reliability from the
> kawasaki pumps than the sea-doo plastic ones.The o-rings on the sea-doo pump
> cones fail often letting water in and taking out everything.I have also seen
> them crack across the stator section for no reason.It is just not feasable to
> pull the pumps out of each ski just to check the bearings.It would double the
> cost of winterizing a kawasaki or yamaha.I do change the pump oil in the
> sea-doo's as part of the service and install a new o-ring.