Post pictures of stuff found in your jets

[billyb]

While turning around to pick up skier I heard a ting....ting....ting noise. Impellars sharpened it like a pencil. Too long to pull through from the top. I had to push it out from the bottom and allow to float out from bottom of boat.

Wow

 

[Bruce]

This one belongs to @Backwash who I hope is enjoying trouble free surfing today.

 

[sysinu]

What in the world is that? the shoulder blade of a medium sized animal?

 

[Bruce]

What in the world is that? the shoulder blade of a medium sized animal?

A large chunk of quartz. It was wedged against the shaft. Had to pull the impeller housing to get it out.

 

[sysinu]

yeesh. That is sucky. Hope it didn't cause too much damage.

 

[captainhook]

I brought my boat home on a Saturday. As I was checking things out on the trailer, I noticed that there was a small Ziplock plastic bag lodged in the starboard side impeller. I was surprised because I had just gotten back from a sea trial with the previous owner and it seemed that would've shot right out the nozzle without so much as a second thought. In all of the years riding SeaDoos I have never once had anything stuck in the jet drive other than the intake grate being clogged with weeds. I ended up running out of time and had to get to a birthday party and figured I'd reach in and pull it out later.

The next day I dropped it in for it's maiden voyage and completely forgot about the bag. After about a 20 minute ride, my wife decided to accidentally throw my shirt overboard and of course wouldn't go after it. I jumped in after it and then remembered that I had the bag in the impeller and should probably check to see if it was still there even though it didn't show any signs. I reached in through the cleanout plug and found nothing, so I jumped back in the water and stuck my hand in the jet drive and sure enough, there was the bag, still stuck in the housing. I gave a few swift tugs and was able to pull it out intact. It was hardly chewed up at all and was one of those Ziplock bags with the plastic tab that "zips" it shut. I was baffled that it had stayed in there all that time and didn't get chopped up, yet I was able to pull it out with my hand and a few swift tugs. I should have snapped a picture, but I didn't think about it.

 

[Boat Crazy]

@buckbuck ok Jim, where is your picture? We know you have a good one.

 

[buckbuck]

This one?

 

[Rigger]

Holy crap!

 

[cane.mba]

@buckbuck I have to know how that tube got sucked in? Please tell me you just shoved it in there for the pic!

 

[buckbuck]

Ha. Sucked it up off the river bottom a couple years back. It ended our day immediately. It took me hours to cut that truck inner tube off the pump shaft.

 

[wakeformer]

this was my good rope it took a long time to clean out

 

[cane.mba]

Ok, 3 years and 130 hours or so on the boat I finally sucked something up.

Lesson learned, if you can't grab something easily through the clean out ports, it's pretty easy to take the pump housing (nozzle assembly?) off and pull the prop and shaft to get to it.

This lovely 4" piece of wood created a wonderful leasurely cruise and learning experience!

 

[justason]

Wicked thread. Innertube is brutal. But what ever happened to the story on the dock line that cracked thru the botton hull?
(Shiver)

 

[zelone]

How about a catfish? Or a spiral wound doormat, that caused my boat to be unofficially named "Carpet Muncher"? Other notable items, 2 liter soda bottle, 3 coors light cans at once, potato chip bag.