1988 650x drive shaft wearing weird, '88 parts?, DIY or not?

[RogerT]

oops 657x

Hi everyone,

I have a 1988 Seadoo Bombardier 657x. I pulled the jet drive and shaft after it stopped running. I saw the engine move with no get drive moving. If the shaft is all the way in it spins, if it slides out of the jet drive 1/2" it locks into place fine. Did the drive shaft come unscrewed and move or something? Or did the splines on the end of the shaft and deeper in the jet drive just wear down? It is pretty rusty, but it has solid groves in the middle of both.

I can't seem to find 88 drive shafts, or jet drive parts, just 89 or newer, it's 17" long
It looks like the 140mm jet drive on most, but I can't find 1988 parts
Was it made in 88 but released in 89?

What is a shop going to charge to rebuild the drive vs DIY? I'm wondering if I should just rebuild it and have the main stuff pressed in at a machine shop, or use a large c-clamp and some steel plates to press it in, and tap in the seals/bearings with a socket like my trailer bearings.

Shaft looks like this - Is this used one okay or should I buy a new
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seadoo-XP-D...ash=item35cae368f0:g:DWEAAOxyaoFSFFRI&vxp=mtr


This only shows 1988 as SP model not X and says its's the 140mm slimline jetdrive
http://www.skat-trak.com/seadoo_app2.html

Jet drive looks like this. Can I buy the splines/teeth inside?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SEA-DOO-JET...XP-GTX-SPX-GSX-SP-GTi-GTS-GS-SP-/381829527194

Thanks in advance for helping!

Roger

 

[ace422]

Post some pics of your actual parts. Splines could be stripped on one or both. If the impellar splines are stripped you would just need to replace the impellar not the whole assembly. I have a good used driveshaft and impellar that came off a 94xp with a 657x engine if your interested.