Wear Rings & Debris

[FLSeadoo1]

I sucked up what looked like a small piece of plastic last weekend. I killed the motor and limped home. I was able to free the debris and when I started the engine, the remaining small pieces ejected out. Please look at the attached photos and tell me if you think I did damage to the wear ring and if I should replace it. The boat is a 2010 Challenger 210SE that I just got brand new. It is the starboard wear ring. It has 5 hours on it.

Thanks


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[Macster]

Hi there

Impellor looks ok, but it looks like you have rings / groves in your wear ring in the first photo. Have you tried in the water since? Is it cavitating?

One other thing you can do is try this technique (post 5) to see the pump clearances:

http://www.seadooforum.com/showthre...on-slow-on-a-04-Sportster-4-tec..-please-help!!!

 

[FLSeadoo1]

All rings have small grooves and rings in them. These don't appear to be extreme and do not look to be that bad. This ring looks the same as the opposite one and that side is running fine. What are your thoughts?

 

[RFoster130]

Looking at a pic isnt gonna tell you a whole lot. Yeah it has some grooves, but not many wear rings looks spotless. It looks decent to me. Take it out and see how it behaves. Nail it from an idle and see if it cavitates. Then try it again like you normally would. If you can live with it, dont worry about it. If it bothers you, replace it. You arent going to do any more damage running it like that.