Bendix piece of crap??

butti

butti

lone wolf
Location
F-XTC
Ericfox said:
so what did all that?
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peices of the bendix.

first the little spring that holds the weights comes out and starts bouncing around in there.this ski actually still started and ran like that.i thought the bendix was just sticking.eventually the ski lost spark.when i pulled the front cover this is what i found.two of the weights from inside the bendix were lodged between the flywheel and stator.although the stator looks like it was run over by a truck it still works!of course thats just dumb luck


long story short,i dont ignore bendix problems anymore.esp. if your running an expensive flywheel
 
Ericfox

Ericfox

Do it twice?That's DooDoo
Location
Akron area --> OHIO!
good point... I will start by changing back to my big battery to see if it still happens... if it does, I will take the cover off and check for issues....
 
skinnyman

skinnyman

YOU CANT RENT MY SKI
Location
Dallas/ToyBox
Looks like my TBM Lost a 6 month ols JSS rebuilt stator and blew a hole thru the FW cover
6 month old Bendix :shooter3:

Bendix issues =Replace with new OEM
 
D-Roc

D-Roc

I forgot!
Location
Dirty River Rider
my buddies does the same thing. i thought it was what oshweeken said. he has used different batteries over the years but has not had a problem with it falling apart. it just misses maybe once every two rides. i had a bendix that would only engage the motor for about 1.89 seconds and then slip. it was like having a kickstart ski. i could alway get it to start but it just took a couple kicks to get it going. ran it for half a season before getting an oem. anything besides an oem is crap and will cost you money imo.
 
Ericfox

Ericfox

Do it twice?That's DooDoo
Location
Akron area --> OHIO!
I am just hesitant because the bendix has less than 1 whole season on it... brand new oem from the factory... I am gonna switch over to the big battery, if it still does it I will take the cover off and inspect, clean and lube the bendix.... after that I think if nothing really seems wrong I will just run it and hope to get another couple seasons out of it with no issues...
 
MADMAT

MADMAT

Location
Ohio
Ericfox said:
I am just hesitant because the bendix has less than 1 whole season on it... brand new oem from the factory...
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I don't know if you mentioned that before but now I would say clearly it is a batt issue.

Brand new OEM bendix should not act up.
 
Ericfox

Ericfox

Do it twice?That's DooDoo
Location
Akron area --> OHIO!
no problemo.... put the gigantic stock battery in and ran it for a couple hours today... never did it once... I am going out again tomorrow so I'll test a second time... if no problems then I will have to determine at that point if I wanna put the little battery back in....

One thing happened today though... I tried a barrel roll off a decent boat wake and did a giant inverted sub..... came down pretty hard, and the damn handle bar U-mount thing on the left side came off my xmetal bars... now it resides at the bottom of the lake along with the 2 screws that held it on....

Temp fix: using stock U-bracket with 2 longer bolts and nuts w/red loctite and some washers... it will work until I get a real replacement.... so at least I can ride tomorrow... I put red loctite on the screws on the bracket I still have just to make sure its not coming off....

not sure if I sheared those screws or if they just came loose from working themselves out...
 
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orangefinger

orangefinger

Location
Reno,NV
Replace it, mine started doing the same thing...then its started slipping more and more....then the ski died when i was in the middle of the lake and bendix dead too...so I swim back and everything came apart in the bendix lucky i could save the flywheel and stator but its the beginning signal that the bendix will go and worst case it will not disengage then it runs the same speed *10 like your engine...good times...
 
S

saary

orangefinger said:
Replace it, mine started doing the same thing...then its started slipping more and more....then the ski died when i was in the middle of the lake and bendix dead too...so I swim back and everything came apart in the bendix lucky i could save the flywheel and stator but its the beginning signal that the bendix will go and worst case it will not disengage then it runs the same speed *10 like your engine...good times...
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replace what, bendix or battery?
 
S

saary

Ericfox: was yours also the bendix or it was the battery? if it was the bendix did you replace it with a new one or lub it?
 
S

saary

i will try the bettery first because it is 2 years old. if its still there then i will change the damn bendix
 
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