1of500
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That one was on ebay I remember it the top bar clamps aren't original
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Lol, good eye. I knew that one looked familiar
Micah247
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Yeah I paid dearly :/
I also remember reading a post about someone needing to cut the inner race off. Well sure enough
I had my buddy clean it up before I installed.
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Micah247
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I'm not sure if this is the place to be posting technical questions. Please direct me if it is not.
I went to put my 97 SPX away for the winter. Fogged the motor, pulled the plugs and placed the wires on the tabs on the rear e box. I went to spray a little more down inside the motor. Pressed the button to turn the motor over a little. Nothing happened. At this point my retrofitted multifunction gauge was still functioning. I figured it must be a fuse. I opened the front e box, but didn't get far. Buttoned it all back up, but now nothing works. Is there a fuse for the starter? And other fuse that could be blown?
I went to put my 97 SPX away for the winter. Fogged the motor, pulled the plugs and placed the wires on the tabs on the rear e box. I went to spray a little more down inside the motor. Pressed the button to turn the motor over a little. Nothing happened. At this point my retrofitted multifunction gauge was still functioning. I figured it must be a fuse. I opened the front e box, but didn't get far. Buttoned it all back up, but now nothing works. Is there a fuse for the starter? And other fuse that could be blown?
3/16 aluminum rivets, 0.825 length
All the part numbers are listed with links in the following link. I have never has luck finding any locally.
http://www.seadooforum.com/showthread.php?77017-Rivet-lengths&p=460548&viewfull=1#post460548
http://www.seadooforum.com/showthread.php?77017-Rivet-lengths&p=460548&viewfull=1#post460548
AdamXP800
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The hurricane brought a few waves to Oconee lol I had the lake to myself basically, had a blast
http://youtu.be/XK7WKMAhUhI
http://youtu.be/XK7WKMAhUhI
NADA lists the 98 a WHOPPING 2# lighter than the 95, LOL. Not sure how with the elephant ear hood vs a single gauge on the 95. Moving all my hulls around here (all but a 99spx) they all feel like, well.....dead weight. The ONLY way to be 100% sure would be to weigh each one. Unless you believe everything on the internet. I actually think they have the 720 ski and the XL 800 weights reversed.
http://www.nadaguides.com/Boats/1998/Sea-Doo-BRP
[video=youtube;bufTna0WArc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bufTna0WArc[/video]
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The 98 does have a hollow plastic grab bar and less rubber mats though, one less gauge, no speedo wheel. But I think the 95 800's were 20 to 30# lighter than the rest of them. All of which when combined will shave weight, but the 97 SPX had the same as well as the 99 spx.
WhiskeyD
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Thanks for the info the on the 98, I've only seen a handful of them and never really inspected one. Sounds like I should clean up the 95 hull I have in the back yard then! Previous owner didnt like the pink gelcoat on it so he used automotive paint on the entire hull. The paint has deterred me from doing anything with it but I think I may tackle it this winter since its the lightest.
snikwad003
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^ and you need the 98 hollow grab bar to go with your light upper deck
WhiskeyD
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Haha, I'll prolly leave the grab bar off this one. I want to gut the inner hull layer too but everyone that has done it says it's a complete PIA
IDoSeaDoo
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Isn't that layer there for structural integrity?
Anyway, during my time cutting up my boat's hull to stuff in the 4 tec, i learned that nothing compared to the good ol side grinder. Melts though fiberglass like butter. I had a full face respirator that was attached to an air pump, feeding me fresh air. Can't imagine how horrible that would have been had i not had that...
Anyway, during my time cutting up my boat's hull to stuff in the 4 tec, i learned that nothing compared to the good ol side grinder. Melts though fiberglass like butter. I had a full face respirator that was attached to an air pump, feeding me fresh air. Can't imagine how horrible that would have been had i not had that...
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Spimothy Leary
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got an x4 here (friends) that is still stubbornly porpoising really badly at anything over 35mph, its been too long (4 years) for me to remember how bad/good mine was so i'm having a difficult time comparing whats normal and what's not.
Already put on the extended tabs, pulled the grate. Was thinking r&d 85/88 might help.. Is there a particular grate that would help for that specific problem? Which direction should I go first?
Already put on the extended tabs, pulled the grate. Was thinking r&d 85/88 might help.. Is there a particular grate that would help for that specific problem? Which direction should I go first?
Spimothy Leary
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ya, trim is fine. Granted I remember my 96 was a bouncy mother as well so maybe its that after so long i'm just used to bigger hulls and forgot just how bad these are. I know back in the day I used to do a lot of very wide s-turns to keep it off the center of the hull which helped but this one seems worse than I remember.
The 98 hulls are lighter. There is less glue between the hulls and whatnot. They did it for the racers it wasn't for any production problem or anything.
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