Hey Guys,

Greetings from land-locked North Alabama.

We have a walk-through windshield bow rider ski boat that's been in the family for around 25 years.
Lots of dry storage time and only two to three months of running it on the Tennessee River each year.

I'm about ready to pass it on to my son and grandsons, so I want to freshen it up a little with a new thrust bearing and seals.

The JF pump is all outside the hull... the intake mounts up in a special notch under the hull at the transom and
is held to the hull with 14 or so stainless steel bolts and some kind of epoxy potting compound all under the top of the intake tube and on the back of the transom.

Removing the bolts was no problem, but I'll be darned if I can see a way to get the pump off the hull without tearing up more than I can repair.

Is there special tools or procedures to free the pump from the hull ?   

For all the advantages that the JF pump offers for lower performance boats, the two piece pumps look so much easier to service and remove.

My other option is to lift the engine high enough to slip the shaft  out under the oil pan.
And I'm leaning towards this option more and more.

I envy you guys that have year-round boating.


Don in Huntsville, Alabama