May have to sell my boat and I love it

[jimmyg88]

I love this boat, its fast, reliable and is very good on gas, and looks cool, but unfortunately I live on a river and just about every time I go out it sucks a little stick through the gate and I have to stop and pull it out by hand. I avoid all the floating stuff but i read where the pumps suck 2 feet own. Does anyone have any advise or suggestions. Does seadoo make a smaller grate for this problem.
Thanks

 

[Alex456123]

Use stainless steel mesh on the grate, that will stop the sticks from getting in.

 

[Dr Honda]

What rive are you on??


The best option is to use a Skat Track swirl impeller, and sharpen the edge. (it comes out of the box sharp) It will act like a food possessor, and spit out the small stuff.


A wire mesh isn't any good, because it will plug up too quick.

 

[jimmyg88]

I live off the Delaware river in Pennsylvania, it runs out to the atlantic.

If I go with a stainless impeller, should I put a stainless wear ring too?
Are there any down sides to going stainless?
It seems Jet pumps are the way to go compared to outdrives and stern drives because they are so simple and efficient a lot less parts to break. If I can make this drive system stronger I think it will be the ticket.
Thanks for your help
Jim

 

[Dr Honda]

No on the stainless wear ring. You need something to be the "Fuse" in the system. If you have a hard ring, and a hard impeller... then when they get damaged... they both need replaced. If there really is that much trash in the water... it's cheap and easy to replace a plastic ring every couple years.

Jet drives have a lot of pluses. You can get into shallow water, where a prop can't. Also... around pitt... the rivers are known to have some sunken obstacles. There is a thread right now on a local board, that a guy killed his prop, and he was 20' away from the shore, and going slow. (getting around some traffic) In a jet boat... we would have probably just gone over the obstacle... but even if we bump the hull.... you won't rip off your pump.


Even in my big islandia... if I can't see it... I probably don't have to worry.

 

[jimmyg88]

No on the stainless wear ring. You need something to be the "Fuse" in the system. If you have a hard ring, and a hard impeller... then when they get damaged... they both need replaced. If there really is that much trash in the water... it's cheap and easy to replace a plastic ring every couple years.

Jet drives have a lot of pluses. You can get into shallow water, where a prop can't. Also... around pitt... the rivers are known to have some sunken obstacles. There is a thread right now on a local board, that a guy killed his prop, and he was 20' away from the shore, and going slow. (getting around some traffic) In a jet boat... we would have probably just gone over the obstacle... but even if we bump the hull.... you won't rip off your pump.


Even in my big islandia... if I can't see it... I probably don't have to worry.

Yes, I agree we deal with little clogs, those props arn't cheap,
Thanks so much for ur input, I appreciate your help. Do you happen to know off hand the prop number for a 200 supercharged pump?

 

[Dr Honda]

Nope... but if you go to Skat-Trak's web site... they have the numbers listed.