SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Jet Pumps => Topic started by: GreatLakes Jet on July 08, 2010, 07:44:18 PM
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her some pic would like to know if the grate is no good or okay to run also exhaust tips looking for rubber flaps to fit them
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I would stay away from that thing its all RUSTY like your sign on name ;D so yeah no good if the weld cracks could turn out bad.
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Tom at Jet boat parts in atascedero has the flappers i would sandblast the grate check the welds reweld any questionable paint and reuse but im a cheap farmer ;D
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her some pic would like to know if the grate is no good or okay to run also exhaust tips looking for rubber flaps to fit them
Rusty , you have what we refer to is a "river racer" loader grate , not certain anyone sells them any longer , like said pull it,. bead blast and (after crack checks) paint it white (for future crack checks) The RR grate will work ok but needs to be trimmed/tuned to the boat bottom (loader blade proximity to keel) as well as "thru bolted" call if we can help , flappers are 3 1/8 (cheap and in stock) Tom
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Tom at Jet boat parts in atascedero has the flappers i would sandblast the grate check the welds reweld any questionable paint and reuse but im a cheap farmer ;D
By reworking the grate your not doing him any favors with all the pressure its riding on very bad setup lets put him in the right direction.
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ya put me in the right direction i will clean the other one up check 4 cracks and powder coat it does have bolts all the way through with and nut thanks getting alot of information rusty 8)
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ya put me in the right direction i will clean the other one up check 4 cracks and powder coat it does have bolts all the way through with and nut thanks getting alot of information rusty 8)
What Boost is eluding to is not using it AT ALLand getting a new one! Brad told me the same thing, correctly, over a year ago on a rock grate issue on my RIP Biesemeyer. If one weld fails, one of those pieces of angle iron or flat steel are going right up into the impeller and there won't be much, if anything, left to save on your pump. Everytime I've tried to cut corners on these things, it's come back and bitten me rite square on the ass and I'm not entirely sure I don't have rabies from them.
Tom is right, since it is out, and looks like it has been out quite awhile, you can check it out thoroughly and properly. I would be a little more cautious and have it mag'd or xrayed on the welds or just plain have them ground and rewelded by someone that knows what they're doing. That would be far more expensive than a new one, which is also the correct point Boost is making. I would rather see you get a new proper loader from Tom or have CJ222 whip one up for ya and fit it to your hull. Going to work better, and you're not likely to break one of them........
Just my .02
Ray
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thanks ray i will get ahold of tom or cj222 get a cost from them thanks rusty hey tom or cj222 pm me with price and info on a grate
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thanks ray i will get ahold of tom or cj222 get a cost from them thanks rusty hey tom or cj222 pm me with price and info on a grate
I sent you Nicks # on a PM he doesn't have internet access right now.
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thanks ray i will get ahold of tom or cj222 get a cost from them thanks rusty hey tom or cj222 pm me with price and info on a grate
You won't be dissapointed with Nicks work. :thumbup: He's made 3 for me and I'm gonna order a 4th next week for the Yellow Submarine.
Ray
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Here's one of Nicks Race style loader he made for my boat :thumbup: