B1 aluminum pump shoe! Perfect fit!

snowxr

snowxr

V watch your daughters V
Location
Waterford, MI
I've been making SJ pump shoes (available at www.XR-tech.com ), and have gotten a number of B1 guys that used them because they couldn't get an aluminum blaster shoe or couldn't get a plastic one when they neded it. If there is enough demand, I'm willing to invest in tooling to produce a B1 aluminum pump shoe that will sell for around $100. Like the SJ shoe, it will fit correctly without grinding.

THEY'RE DONE AND FIT PERFECT! $94 plus shipping - yes, under the projected $100 estimate! Made in the USA.:usaribbon:

These pictures show pretty clearly what can happen to a stock B1 shoe, and how to replace it.
Kurt
 

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Idok

Idok

F1pro
Location
Nations oldest muthaF+++kin city
whats the major differencce between the 2?

I thought one was just a bit more aggressive than the other, but the OEMs are interchangeable...???



I think you'd make more $$ with a reasonably priced half girdle kit....
 
snowxr

snowxr

V watch your daughters V
Location
Waterford, MI
The shoes are different, but the SJ shoe can be used in a B1. It leaves a couple gaps that must be filled, because the B1 shoe is longer. A B1 shoe will not fit a SJ without cutting and reshaping it a lot.

Not enough people expressed interest in the half girdle, so I'm not going after those customers right now.
 
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wsuwrhr

wsuwrhr

Purveyor of the Biggest Brapp
Location
Alta Loma, working in Upland
snowxr said:
The shoes are different, but the SJ shoe can be used in a B1. It leaves a couple gaps that must be filled, because the B1 shoe is longer. A B1 shoe will not fit a SJ without cutting and reshaping it a lot.

Not enough people expressed interest in the half girdle, so I'm not going after those customers right now.
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Yes exactly,

"Nice,

I just had my hull modified for the sj shoe when we redid the (blaster)hull."
 
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snowxr

snowxr

V watch your daughters V
Location
Waterford, MI
The aluminum replacement will hopefully be the last one a boat will ever need. I've only heard of one JD shoe ever cracking, compared to over 40 broken plastic ones just this year alone. When they break it's 50/50 wether you lose your intake grate or not.
 
wsuwrhr

wsuwrhr

Purveyor of the Biggest Brapp
Location
Alta Loma, working in Upland
snowxr said:
The aluminum replacement will hopefully be the last one a boat will ever need. I've only heard of one JD shoe ever cracking, compared to over 40 broken plastic ones just this year alone. When they break it's 50/50 wether you lose your intake grate or not.
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I'll agree with that. The decision to switch to an alloy shoe was a
no-brainer really.

Brian
 
FlightPlanDan

FlightPlanDan

Don'tTrustAfartAfter50
Location
Crescent Beach, FL
My plastic/stock shoe broke(rn-sj). (from running it up on the beach with an aggressive scoop grate, my fault) Installed the XR-Tech shoe. Had none of the misery that many threads speak of.
If I had a b1 and snowxr made a shoe, I'd buy it.
 
orangefinger

orangefinger

Location
Reno,NV
I never had a broke pump shoe ....?? I bought a SN with a piece missing which i epoxied and has held up for 4 years now.

I do think its from abuse, like running it up on shore , or hitting something in the lake ....

Nevertheless I am interested in ta great product for our Blaster and our superjets keep us posted !!
 
snowxr

snowxr

V watch your daughters V
Location
Waterford, MI
diamondaudio10 said:
ive heard that the oem ones r better because when they stress the plastic only breaks, when u put a metal shoe in, if there becomes too much stress the shoe wont break, the hull does where the shoe mounts to it. thats why i only use oem ones.
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I've never heard of any ski having part of the hull ripped off by a pump shoe. Sounds like an outlandish claim. The plastic ones break in the middle, and sometimes the grate rips off taking the front mounts with it. I know of only one aluminum shoe (jet dynamics) that has ever failed, and it had a crack which was welded and it stayed in the boat. Compare that to the high failure rate of OEM shoes, and you'll see how much stronger the aluminum part is.

BTW, there will be a B1 shoe available from me in 2010.
 
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