97 seadoo gtx flywheel grease fitting and drive shaft boot

[rehgarde]

Hello all!
I have a recent purchase of a 1997 SeaDoo GTX Bombardier. Had some leaking which I traced to the drive shaft boot.
I think I have 2 issues now:
1: the flywheel doesn't have a grease fitting. In the picture. you can see a whole which I assume had a tip on it?
If so, is there an easy repair for this whithout replacing the flywheel? How bad is it to run this without adding grease?
2: Everything I find indicates this is the old boot style. The driveshaft does have a groove for the C ring, so am I correct in assuming I can swap to the carbon ring and bellows setup?

Thanks for whatever thoughts you have on this!
Brandon

 

[1of500]

You first need to replace the grease fitting on the pto and align the engine. Just from the picture I see it's out of alignment.

 

[1of500]

Also buy an impeller removal tool

 

[rehgarde]

You first need to replace the grease fitting on the pto and align the engine. Just from the picture I see it's out of alignment.

Any idea what size that zerk fitting is? I did remove the broken piece, just don't want to buy a sizer.

 

[1of500]

Not sure but it will be metric

 

[etemplet]

You can try a 1/16" Grease fitting. I'm not too hip on the sizes when they get that small but I know it isn't 1/8" LOL. The pipe fittings on the jet skis are standard pipe sizes so this may well be the same. I can measure one for you but not tonight. LOL

I'd get rid of those hose type clamps on the rubber. At 6K RPM that is a lot of out of balance force even at that small radius. I use good ty-wraps for securing the rubber and I install them 180 degrees apart. I have a tool for tightening/installing ty-wraps and I highly recommend one of those.

I agree with 1of500, unless that seal cartridge is installed crooked I think it is a good idea to check the alignment. I haven't found many skis with the engines in alignment anyway. Misalgnment is the major cause for equipment failure and Seadoo engine set up especially.

I am also considering moving to the newer water seal on a 1998 GTX Limited. I plan to do a dry run by doing a pre-install on the pump to check everything. Good Luck !!!