Great grate video! One note: the original sealant is probably polyurethane 3M 5200 or similar, which is a structural sealant. The JB Weld is Epoxy. None are silicone and silicone is not a good sealant here.

Thanks for sharing your pain, and hopefully helping someone else from having this problem!

Wow! How cool! Thanks for a great instructional fix. Very nice.

All you had to do is remove the jet at the back 15 minutes and whole assembly comes and and rock falls out that way you can check the ringwear and replace if needed

This video should be named how not to remove a stick lol . I fell your pain went from bad to worse . I had this same problem but was able to knock it out with bent bar in a z shape so did not have to remove the grate a lot easier.

Thanks for sharing. I learned a lot.

Just bought a similar boat and saw the video before attempting to mess with it! Thanks

@jsurfs74

3 жыл бұрын

Cool! Glad the video helped you!

@mauriceblackburn4667

3 жыл бұрын

All he had to do is remove jet out of back and rock falls out and will your add it check wear ring replace if needed takes about 20 minutes to take appart this guy is doing it all wrong

I’m sure you were this calm during this process!

Just had the same thing happen to me. Did the wood do any damage to the impeller or wear ring??

Well done.

I did the exact same thing for the exact same reason 😂. However I stopped at broken bolt and removed the entire pump assembly. And removed debris and replaced wear ring . Bolt has been broken for 3 seasons no issues 🔧🔧🔧

I had the same problem with a piece of wood jammed. All I did was use a long length of 3mm carbon fibre rod and pried it out. Worked fine. Now I always carry the rod and a flashlight with me

@jsurfs74

3 жыл бұрын

That’s great! I tried everything I could find. I even ordered extra long angled plyers. The wood wouldn’t budge!

@littledragonfly11223

3 жыл бұрын

Also when It happened again and it was really stuck on the impeller , I used a really long thin flathead screwdriver which would easily reach the impeller,and wiggled back & forth and it came out no problem Maybe I was lucky? Anyway my flashlight, screwdriver & thin carbon fibre rod are always in my car now

@karlhofmeier6734

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, Do Not remove the grate. You go through it with a tool or pull the housing right out the back. You do not do this every time you get wood or stone in the prop.

Save yourself a lot of headache just remove jet assebly at rear

Your narration is really calm. How long did you have to wait after fixing this to do the narration?

@jsurfs74

3 жыл бұрын

😂 yes, it certainly took a bit until I could relax after that!

this is how it went , weeds sucked in intake , lay on back deck reach so far remove giant cluster, cousins /family kicks you off into ;weeds laugh as panic sets off and take pics lost sun glasses these are the real memories weeds are made of lol.

ahhh the joys of boat ownership

These boats are notorious for bolts seizing due to the use of stainless steel fasteners. I have broke of many and replaced them with steel as I only use mine in fresh water.

Good times :p

Your welcome

Guys like This is why buying used skis could be tricky 😂 😂

The lock didn't break the bolt. It could have stayed there np. You put side force on the bolt instead of twisting only. Should have used an imact gun and take it out a bit, screw it back in, and repeat. And spray some lube on the threads when you can.

Good luck ever getting that grate off again

Idk how people do it. I have owned jetskis for 25 years now and not once have I ever got anything stuck in any one of them. I have heard and seen people that ha e had it happen but as long as you don't start or dive it in anything shallower then 3ft and don't tank it in body's of water with tones of debris then you won't ever have a problem

What the hell did you do!! You JB welded your intake grate on thats not silicone!!!!!!

@jsurfs74

3 жыл бұрын

Great! Glad it’s welded on then.

@Mork007

3 жыл бұрын

@@jsurfs74 LOL

OMG I just bought the same sportster. Got it home and tried removing the grate. Broke the front bolt and have now spent the day on the internet realizing the awful design! I can not believe I have to remove the hoses to get at the nut. Do you think I can just drill out the broken bolt from underneath and then insert the brass insert from underneath? Any other ideas?

@jsurfs74

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it’s odd that they designed it that way. I think the newer models do not have the nut on the inside under the engine. As you probably saw in my video, I tried several things to get the broken bolt out, drilling with an extractor kit which broke, notching it so I could turn it with a screwdriver, I even tried getting a thin wrench under the engine and turning the bolt but nothing worked. I resorted to just drilling it out from underneath. 👍🏼

@seanj-ski1352

3 жыл бұрын

I Will basically do exactly the same thing. I bought a threaded insert and stainless bolt today. I need to pick up appropriate drill bits to drill out the broken bolt. Any suggestions? Google says to use cobalt bits?

@jsurfs74

3 жыл бұрын

Yes cobalt will work great. As you drill up keep it at a slight angle toward the nose of the boat , the bolt seemed to be angled a little for some reason.

@seanj-ski1352

3 жыл бұрын

@@jsurfs74 thanks!

Omg...nooooooo. stop. Noooo. Please stop.

Great Video... Lose the crappy annoying tunes - So I can hear you better...

🤣🤣🤣 there's $5 broken bolts remover at AutoZone 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️