Impeller

[ixlr8]

HOW HARD IS IT TO CHANGE MY Impeller AND SHOULD I ? DO I NEED TO CHANGE PITCH AND WOULD IT MAKE THAT MUCH DIFF. WHAT KIND OF JOB TIME? IS THE WAER RING HARD TO PUT IN I DONT KNOW IF ITS EVER BEEN CHANGED. ANY SPECIAL TOOLS THAT I NEED WOULD A TED NUGENT CD HELP OR ROMONES:bigear:

 

[tomcat&family]

Changing the impeller and wear ring isn't terribly difficult. I highly recommend getting your hands on a shop manual to guide you through the process. The job could be done in a couple of hours.

The only special tool you need is an impeller removal tool.

To make installing the wear ring easier, I stuck mine in a freezer before I installed it. That made it much easier.

 

[ixlr8]

pitch

should i change the pitch does it make that much diff

 

[tomcat&family]

Personally, I'd stick with the factory pitch.

 

[Nate Surveyor]

Change Pitch? You'd have to have a reason to change. Like if you are a really heavy or massive dude, you might want a smaller bite from the prop. This would in effect give you a slower top end, and would make it act like it was in a lower gear. Or if you are into towing other boats or something!

If you were racing, and were a really light person, maybe a little bigger bite, so you could go faster.


So, what reason would you want to change, and what direction would you want to go?

N

 

[ixlr8]

160 lbs

i am about 160 lb the ski is 14 years old dont think its ever been changed and if i pulled it out didnt know if there were a better design out for my ski like more top but i gps it at 50 mph dont know if it needs to be changed could be a little quicker on take off bout rolls great mid and top end thanks atriot:

 

[derek]

if it ain't broke, don't break it. if you listen to ted nugent while working on stuff...you're probly gonna break it.

 

[kustomkarl]

I keep Ted in my fav list all the time...keep the stock impeller size and move on. I would get the old one reconditioned for cheap.

Karl