Hello all, where is the best place to get bearing for your midshaft housing and pump?

[Buckwild12]

I have my ski all apart, no better time than the present to rebuild this stuff, i just dont know who has the best price and fast shipping. Thanks!

 

[madscientist]

find a local industrial supply. take them the old one and they will locate a suitable replacement
it will be much cheaper than the stealerships

 

[madscientist]

find a local industrial supply. take them the old one and they will locate a suitable replacement
it will be much cheaper than the stealerships

 

[SuperJETT]

Yep, look in the yellow pages for bearings. $11 will get you a bearing and seals for the midshaft and maybe $15 for the pump, plus they'll probably be better quality than most jetski shops sell. Get double lip seals for all of them too.

 

[Buckwild12]

damn im really glad i asked this question! Thanks for the great info!

 

[Crab]

ebay

 

[Buckwild12]

OK I got all the stuff out of the midshaft assembly to take this to the industrial supply place near me to try and match up bearings and seals for it. Next question, the rubber seal that seals out the water and surrounds the actual bearing/grease chamber is all crusty and cracked, would they have this seal also? I dont want to put all this effort into rebuilding something that will leak like a sieve. do you think this is a dealer only seal, can I make my own. will 5200 work if I put a ring around the hull and attach the assembly? any ideas?

 

[madscientist]

yes they should

 

[Matt_E]

I think he's talking about the big rubber ring in the actual housing. I don't think you'll be able to buy that separately.

 

[Buckwild12]

Will sealing it with 5200 be adequate? Or do i need to get an entire carrier assy?

 

[Buckwild12]

And yes that is the ring i was talking about.

It looks like it seals the carrier to the hull to prevent water intrusion.

 

[madscientist]

more like it is a vibration dampener for the shaft.

 

[Buckwild12]

If thats the case then I shouldnt be too concerned about the waterproofness of it, i just figured that if it was replacable or sealable then I should take care of it while the assembly is out. Thanks as always!

 

[OCD Solutions]

i think there may be some confusion going on here regarding the rubber dampner. It serves 2 puposes, 1 as a dampner and 2 as a seal and the above answers only seem to address one of those.

If the seal lip is dried and cracked up then yes you will want to use 5200 to make sure you get a good seal to the bulkhead. If the rest of the damper is dried and cracked up too, you may want to think about a replacement.

 

[Buckwild12]

the middle portion of the seal seems ok, not cracked at all, but the outside rim where there is a little lip has a pretty good sized chunk missing, I wish I had a camera right now! It looks as if a piece of this outside rim is missing about the size of the circumference of 1/2 of a dime. Not a huge chunk but enough that I figured I need to ask. the actual majority of the body of that rubber piece looks fine. and is perfectly pliable. Just a few small cracks on the very outside edge.

 

[Buckwild12]

In case anyone needs to know the part # it is an SKF EXPLORER 056g bearing part# 6205 2RSJEM. the seals they werent able to promise me would work for this application, I have ordered the seals from the dealership. Hope this helps anyone with a similar issue.