SoCal Jet Boats
Discussion => The No Wake Zone => Topic started by: 2savage4you on August 02, 2009, 08:06:05 AM
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Never made it..
We have been planning this for A WEEK :mad:
I left early today to go to work so i can get home by 6am and be at the lake by 7...........
Didn't happen, the damn truck took a shiat going to work......... and i just got it home on a tow truck.. We were really excited to get the boat out and get some video of it.
Something is telling me , i shouldn't own a boat :banghead:
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bummer!! :thumbdown:
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rent a truck??? borrow one???
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Tow truck driver wouldn't take you to the water? Get 'er wet and worry about your broken down Chevy/Ford later. Priorities dude . . .
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The main priority is to get my truck fixed..
Im doing that right now, it takes me to work so i can afford to have a boat that just sits in the garage looking goood
Pics to come............ Shiat is fugged up :mad:
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:thumbdown:
Good luck with the truck ;D
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:thumbdown:
Good luck with the truck ;D
Thanks Chief ;)
Well here it is, the wheel bearings said uncle..........
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I had to scrape the grease off the spindle, it was like tar.. Must of really overheated at one time or was just really cheap grease :sly:
And before you ask me if i use a bungee cord to hold up the A arm...... Thats used to hold up the caliper so i don't stretch or break a line
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Pass side bearings, these are the one's that made all the noise this am!!!!!
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the one's on the left are the drivers side, they look fine... But if you do one side you better do the other :thumbup:
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just got to put the wheel back on her and she's done..
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Now she has all new bearings, wheel seals and new Lucas grease, Now it's time for a beer 8)
Well, The FIL called and we made plans for next weekend to splash the 2savbean.......
All i got to say is im soooooooo fukin bummed this happened today, perfect day to launch the boat early for some testing. Now im sure there is a full beach at Telephone cove Fuk!!!!!!!!
And ALL of her kids are her now :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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Nice work Steve, Now go ahead and do a full service.
Change the oil, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, tranny fluid, dif fluid, valve job, etc, etc.
Then you have no more problems.
Good luck next week, get her wet, take lots of pics and video! :thumbup:
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poor steve good luck
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Not sure if you know this Steve, the grease you need to use in that has to be rated for disc brakes, the temps get stupid hot, we normally use the high temp Moly Lube recommended for disc brakes...
The crap that you have in the pictures looks to me like general purpose axle grease...No workie :thumbdown:....Turns into tar ;)
Make sure the stuff you used is recommended for disc brakes....... :-\
GT
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Not sure if you know this Steve, the grease you need to use in that has to be rated for disc brakes, the temps get stupid hot, we normally use the high temp Moly Lube recommended for disc brakes...
The crap that you have in the pictures looks to me like general purpose axle grease...No workie :thumbdown:....Turns into tar ;)
Make sure the stuff you used is recommended for disc brakes....... :-\
GT
Thanks Glenn.
the disc brake grease that i was looking at has a drop point of 340* and the lucas was in excess of 540* so i think im good ;)
I actually had the "disc brake labled" grease in my hand when i saw the Lucas and said f-it... Its Lucas , got to be good shiat :sly:
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Tsk Tsk Tsk you know what the problem is Steve >:D Nah I wont say it >:D Dont want to throw salt in the wound. Bummer you didnt get her wet :banghead: It will happen bud, just be patient, and get your get to work truck in shape, you need the cash for the wax for the trailer queen ;D ;D Sorry just had to >:D
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Well...this story should make you feel better.
Left LB about 8:45 Wed. night for the river....got caught up in traffic on the 10 before indio while they were doing construction...that lasted about an hour and a half. Got to the river about 1:30 or 2...can't remember.
Put the boat in the water Thurs. morning...noticed a "running water" sound after I tied it up at the beach. After some investigation, noticed one of my cav plates bent like a pringles chip (dunno WTF happened there) and uncovered some previously used holes in the bottom of the hull. Boat came back outta the water, spend the afternoon fixing that.
Boat back in the water on Friday morning...let the chick drive. She was making a pass and all of a sudden a couple pops and dead in the water. Paddled in and made it to our beach. The nut fell off of the alternator lug, where I have my main power wire tied in. Box o' tricks only has 1/4-20 nuts...no 1/4-28 nuts. Crap. Went to parker, got the right nut....back up and running.
Fire it up to take a quick run down to the beach by the hotel to see who was there and it takes a shit halfway there...no spark. Got towed in to the ramp by the hotel and a ride back up to BR Rv park. Got the truck and went down to the lower ramp to pick up the boat. I'm kinda pissed. Get the boat on the trailer and just used the bow strap...figured I'm only going a 1/2 mile...don't need the other 3...I was wrong.....hit the brakes coming down the hill into the RV park and the boat put a nice crater in my tailgate. Dammit. Tied it to a tree and pulled it back right on the trailer. Proceded to get drunk that night while sitting safely in my beach chair so I couldn't **** up anything else. Woke up in the morning and diagnosed a crapped out MSD box. Went to parker and found one at Parker auto parts. got somemore goodies and $300 bucks later and back at the park. wired up the new box and fired it...cool, lets put it in the water. Ran it all afternoon and nothing broke. Chick was driving it up to ramp in the evening to pull it out and it sputtered, then quit on her approach...followed by a nice emission of electrical smoke....200 feet from the ramp. Flagged a guy down on a sea-doo to tow it in after I had her hit the deadman switch.
The big hot and ground wires on the MSD cooked the insulation off of them. I can't see any evidence of arcing against anything metal in the area, so maybe the box shorted out inside? I dunno.
Bad accident on rice road on the way home...rollover and another car on fire (I wasn't involved...apparently the guy upstairs figured I'd already paid my dues this weekend)....road blocked, only way through was off road. My truck is pretty low (from the factory)...and I picked a nice line through the brush managing only to tear off my rear valance...which happens to be a $400 part at the dealer...plus paint.
So, D'ya feel better now? Quit whining about your little wheel bearing. :thumbup:
Oh yeah...almost forgot. Saturday after fixing the MSD issue, the alternator fan (behind the pulley) decided to cry uncle and come apart in 3 pieces....at least the bottom of the boat and the gas tank slowed it down before it hit my leg.
on the brite side, I only went through 2 alternator belts this weekend. ;D
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Sounds like this guy had a worse weekend than you Steve!
Sorry to hear about ALL the troubles. One or two is one thing, but damn near everything? WOW!
BUT, at elast it was on the water and RAN!!!! lol
Ray
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Well...this story should make you feel better.
Left LB about 8:45 Wed. night for the river....got caught up in traffic on the 10 before indio while they were doing construction...that lasted about an hour and a half. Got to the river about 1:30 or 2...can't remember.
Put the boat in the water Thurs. morning...noticed a "running water" sound after I tied it up at the beach. After some investigation, noticed one of my cav plates bent like a pringles chip (dunno WTF happened there) and uncovered some previously used holes in the bottom of the hull. Boat came back outta the water, spend the afternoon fixing that.
Boat back in the water on Friday morning...let the chick drive. She was making a pass and all of a sudden a couple pops and dead in the water. Paddled in and made it to our beach. The nut fell off of the alternator lug, where I have my main power wire tied in. Box o' tricks only has 1/4-20 nuts...no 1/4-28 nuts. Crap. Went to parker, got the right nut....back up and running.
Fire it up to take a quick run down to the beach by the hotel to see who was there and it takes a shit halfway there...no spark. Got towed in to the ramp by the hotel and a ride back up to BR Rv park. Got the truck and went down to the lower ramp to pick up the boat. I'm kinda pissed. Get the boat on the trailer and just used the bow strap...figured I'm only going a 1/2 mile...don't need the other 3...I was wrong.....hit the brakes coming down the hill into the RV park and the boat put a nice crater in my tailgate. Dammit. Tied it to a tree and pulled it back right on the trailer. Proceded to get drunk that night while sitting safely in my beach chair so I couldn't **** up anything else. Woke up in the morning and diagnosed a crapped out MSD box. Went to parker and found one at Parker auto parts. got somemore goodies and $300 bucks later and back at the park. wired up the new box and fired it...cool, lets put it in the water. Ran it all afternoon and nothing broke. Chick was driving it up to ramp in the evening to pull it out and it sputtered, then quit on her approach...followed by a nice emission of electrical smoke....200 feet from the ramp. Flagged a guy down on a sea-doo to tow it in after I had her hit the deadman switch.
The big hot and ground wires on the MSD cooked the insulation off of them. I can't see any evidence of arcing against anything metal in the area, so maybe the box shorted out inside? I dunno.
Bad accident on rice road on the way home...rollover and another car on fire (I wasn't involved...apparently the guy upstairs figured I'd already paid my dues this weekend)....road blocked, only way through was off road. My truck is pretty low (from the factory)...and I picked a nice line through the brush managing only to tear off my rear valance...which happens to be a $400 part at the dealer...plus paint.
So, D'ya feel better now? Quit whining about your little wheel bearing. :thumbup:
Oh yeah...almost forgot. Saturday after fixing the MSD issue, the alternator fan (behind the pulley) decided to cry uncle and come apart in 3 pieces....at least the bottom of the boat and the gas tank slowed it down before it hit my leg.
on the brite side, I only went through 2 alternator belts this weekend. ;D
at least you didn't fock up my diverter and droop :thumbup:
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Yeah...Left that at home....safe on a shelf in my garage. Beat up my nozzle a bit dragging it over the rocks around the accident.
It'll buff out. ;D
I'll bring your's back this week....with my luck it'll spontaniously combust and burn my house down.
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Yeah...Left that at home....safe on a shelf in my garage. Beat up my nozzle a bit dragging it over the rocks around the accident.
It'll buff out. ;D
I'll bring your's back this week....with my luck it'll spontaniously combust and burn my house down.
Ray can give you advise on how to make that happen :D
Sorry Ray... ;)
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LMAO I'm sorry to Ray >:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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THAT HURTS GUYS! :'(
But here's what you do, got an old battery around? And a gas can?....................................... ...............................
O0 ;D ;D
Ray