Anyone done this. Please do not say just to send it out to the “pros”. The only concern I have is that the impeller blades are on different planes. I already made a mandrel (old impeller shaft). The factory impellers are stainless but are magnetic, I will be using 312 filler rod and tig the blades up and then when I think the build up is high enough I will turn it back down to get the impeller to housing clearance I need. I have posted this on a PWC board and most think that this is rocket science and comment and have no idea what they are talking about and only regurgitate on what they read somewhere else on the interwebs. To me this just sounds like machining 101. You can see in the pic of the failure with 38 hours on this machine. I have a new shaft and bearing kit. Was able to clean up the seal area of the housing too. The impeller walked forward in pushed on the crank thrust bearing and now I have metal in my oil. So the engine is coming out of this thing. Bad design.
Thanks.
T.J.
Thanks.
T.J.
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