SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Jet Pumps => Topic started by: pmg1313 on July 29, 2013, 09:31:38 PM
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Newbie Pete in AZ here, took my boat out this weekend and found out that I don't have reverse or anything close to it. The Berkeley jet dumps right into the ride plate and gives me a slow forward. Should I get a droop snoot and jetovator? or is there another fix that I'm overlooking? Thanks.
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your ride plate is too long
post some pics
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Do you have a split bowl? If so bowl to nozzle spacer, diverter, snoot..ect. You might have the old style bucket and could machine off the down turn. The newer style diverter bucket done that way. If you have a C then a diverter might help. I have a mini droop 4 sale...
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I'll post some pics tonight. Might be interested in that snoot.
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This is my ride plate and diverter situation.
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Your set up looks fine... need to machine the down turn or ad a diverter, spacer, snoot...ect. A wedge might not be enough.
I have this mini place with original powder lightly used and has a 3 1/2 degree pin with about 1/2" of droop. This would replace your nozzle adapter and lower the thrust line as well move it out giving you some reverse.
You could put a small block of aluminum under the cradle to get the feet at bowl. Measure it now to get your degree from keel or just the thickness of spacer above feet. I'm just suggesting what I see in your pic of the cradle and has nothing to do with reverse deal.
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Sorry to tease ya but just sold it on PB...
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Get a ram horn style bucket, had the same problem with my daytona.
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where can I find a ram horn style reverse bucket? I was considering taking the ride plate off so I could get on the water this weekend.
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OK, so to temporarily solved the no reverse problem I decided to remove the ride plate. Hopefully this won't affect my ride. Now, the ride plate was attached to the shoe which was machined to accommodate the plate. It was held on with 4 flat head slotted machine screws. Of the four holes one was not blind. It goes straight through the shoe. My question is: Do I have to replace the screws? It won't cause a leak because it just goes through to the pickup.
In the meantime I am in the market for a diverter and an extended snoot.
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where can I find a ram horn style reverse bucket? I was considering taking the ride plate off so I could get on the water this weekend.
call Tom at JBP, he can probably hook you up with a bucket, I ran a droop and diverter on my Daytona with a rideplate and reverse sucked to say the least. Everyone told me to go Ram horn style because it pushes the water to the sides and not down onto the ride plate.
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Thanks Forkedup, I'll give Tom a call.