Super Jet bendix maintenance?

[whennotsailing]

Now that I have my ski all apart, what is the best method of bendix maintenance? I once soaked a bad one in gas for a few days and then let it sit in a bucket of tranny fluid for a couple weeks.... As I recall that was still a temporary fix to a sticky bendix.

This one is currently working, if it ain't broke don't fix it?

 

[BruceSki]

if it aint broke don't fix it.

As long as the front area on the cases is sealed well it should last a long time.

Water in there will kill a bendix quick though. I just grease mine with a little marine grease on installation and don't worry about em after that.

 

[Iland Trader]

I replaced my 10 year old bendix in november, it looked nearly as good as the newer one, but a lightly used freshwater take off from a supplier like Watcon is cheap insurance. Like he said above me, if its sealed off from the elements and protected with some lube/grease/oil, etc...its not really worth going out of your way replacing it unless you have a reason or suspicion that it needs to be...like for instance a rebuild after 10 years, or maybe its sticking, etc

Think if that thing comes apart and the bits are rattling around in there with a magnetized flyhweel spinning around..."will it blend"