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I bought a pair of WR500’s with trailer. :D Both have everything intact aside from a broken hinge on the hood and shredded seats. It’s neat to see the differences between my first cough abused cough WR500 and these two stock models. I paid $450 for it in total which is easily what the trailer...

@BrianMoore Oof I know the feeling! Glad it got taken care of. Good encouragement to service my trailer bearings too.

Another step forward another hurdle appears. I pulled off the pump assembly to access a few things needing repair; the impeller blades, pump cone, and broken assembly bolts. That bad boy was really corroded on- I hooked it all up to a winch and cranked on it while smacking it off with a mallet...

Right I would want to open it up- I'm just hesitant to snap bolts off. When I bought the 'Doo it came with two extra blown motors so I tried opening up one and kept snapping the bolts off the head cover. Couldn't remove the headcover either. I am unsure if SBT would still take it as a core if...

Maybe just maybe if you can't get the 6 point to fit confidently you could circular saw a slot on the top of the bolt for a flat head to fit in and unscrew that way. Worse comes to absolute worst you could JB weld or actually weld a new bolt head onto it for removal.

Thanks for the correction 😅 Nice to hear it's easy enough. @burtshaver2021 - The compression was really weak: 50 psi MAG cylinder, 100 psi PTO cylinder plus the crank case had alot of sludge in the bottom/ broken pulse line barb. I figured I'd start anew and replace the whole thing via...

Thanks for asking Burt! The SPX is to be continued- I need buy the replacement motor from SBT before proceeding but it's hard to part with that $1,000. In the meantime I've mulled over replacing the carbon seal while I have access to it but don't know how to remove the sucker or if it's even...

Brian thanks for the considerations- I would indeed want this to be a solid fix for a long time w/out worrying about engine overheating if the JB weld fails. This is a much better idea, thanks 'Mac! I'll proceed by finding a replacement brass hose fitting.

Thanks for the suggestion too ‘Mac. I sheered off the hose barb to run water through the motor. Literally no effort sheered it clean off… Can’t seem to get extractors to extract the residual metal stuck inside- merely reaming it out. SO I could JB weld the broken piece back onto the...

Thank you kindly for the advice Burt. The inner race came off pretty easily with a dead-blow hammer and bench vice. I think I could "press" on the replacement bearing by freezing the driveshaft and getting crafty with deep sockets to contact just the inner race as you mentioned. I'll get to...

Are the SBT gasket kits any good? Specifically for the exhaust gaskets needing replacement. I could by SBT’s kit for $55 that includes 4 more gaskets than I need - OR — I could buy the four needed gaskets separately for ~$55 but they’d be “genuine” Yamaha parts. Pls advise !

I paid the local motorsports dealership to unscrew the coupler off the driveshaft since I was unlucky getting it to budge. The inner race is still attached- the mechanic said I’d need to press it out. I’m mulling over the cost of taking it to a machinist and have them press it or just buying a...

Brian thank you for the pointers- I'll def torch the race by default next time I give it a try. Yes I am doing what I can until I can unscrew the coupler and properly take the drive shaft etc. out of the assembly. Will try the method you linked if needed! __ __ __ __ I took a couple losses...

Pressing on with disassembly and cleaning the mating surfaces. This bearing piece is giving me a hard time and raises a couple questions -> I believe this bearing slides off the driveshaft shank (here slides downwards) but it’s well stuck on there. I’m going to place a large socket over the...

Motor is opened to access the blown gasket! Pretty easy to open up the muffler & manifold, very slight corrosion but every bolt came out. In the process, I found the bearing around the PTO shaft to be broken. I think it’d been broken awhile by how gummed up the retaining trim shrapnel was...

Removed the motor easily; took a little shimmying to lift it out but effortless with the hoist! The motor mounts were nearly completely corroded away, like not even mounted to the hull. I guess that explains why the whole ski vibrated when I ran it last summer. I took note of the...

Summertime dreaming. Happy NYE SeaDoo forums!

Weekend update - I have all four motor mounts loose, I just needed to unscrew the tricky one further. TBD how replacement will be.. a quick Google search looks pricey. NOW just need to set aside some time to hoist the motor out the hull. 💀

Well in my quest to get the motor out the hull I have hit a small obstacle. Three of the four mounts spin freely like in this video- I guess that means they're broken and need to be replaced? One of the three that spin does not lift up at all. Unlike this one that doesn’t lift, the other...

I visited with fam in upstate New York this past weekend. They live on a big lake up there and let me drive their WaveRunner VXR. Man that thing was FAST. I reached top speed of 70mph with ease but what was more impressive was the acceleration holy smokes if my finger squeezed that throttle too...