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[Keith]

Hi All,

After removing my stator to change the oil I found a tine off of my HydroSuck weed gate pinned against it like a bird on a radiator. I thought at first that I must have hit something to make it and one other break off, until I started to read some other forms and found out this is common.
So I called Merc. told them what happened, thought they would replace my weed gate and very dinged up impeller but they told me there was no recall and there was nothing they could do.
If anyone has any idea where I should go from here please reply.

Thanks,

Keith

[tiggerman]

Welcome to the board-- unfortunately this is a common problem with the Merc Hydrosurge grates. It is also unfortunate that Mercury does not recognize the problem and issue a recall. The best replacement for your Hydrosurge is going to be a fixed grate which you can obtain from a Merc dealer.
Also, go here : http://www.uscgboati...ers_report.aspx
and make a report . This is a safety defect no matter what anyone thinks.

[Keith]

Also, go here : http://www.uscgboati...ers_report.aspx
and make a report . This is a safety defect no matter what anyone thinks.

Tiggerman,

Thanks for the information, however the link you attached in your reply is to report a problem in the US. Do you know one would go to do the same in Canada?

Keith

Also, does anyone have any idea what size the nut is to get the impeller off and/or a tool to hold the drive shaft while doing so? I find myself doing all the service on my DOO cause all the Sea-Doo dealers in my area don’t service Mercury and all the Mercury dealers don’t have the special jet-pump tools. Am I the only that thinks that if the boat manual says to lube the impeller shaft once a year, and even if you owned all of Sears 6000000 hand tools you would not be able to do it, that they would provide the tool?
Even I bought the Mercury tool for taking that nut off, the service manual suggests that if the stator seal is being replaced at the same time, remove it and use it to support the tool so there is less chance gouging the shaft. However it says nothing on how to support the $56 USD tool if you are not replacing the seal. So what happens when you take your DOO to the dealer for a yearly service, does the technician just take his chances applying 150LBs of torque with a tool that looks like a very large spark-plug wrench and no support? That brings me back to my last point Sea-Doo gave me a spark-plug wrench with my boat….. I think that when I get the nut size I will tool my own tool.

[tiggerman]

Also, go here : http://www.uscgboati...ers_report.aspx
and make a report . This is a safety defect no matter what anyone thinks.

Tiggerman,

Thanks for the information, however the link you attached in your reply is to report a problem in the US. Do you know one would go to do the same in Canada?

Try searching here:

http://www.tc.gc.ca/...Safety/menu.htm