Maintenance Tips?

[Idok]

wash mitt and soap after every ride..........put a ziplock baggie of the prok


no sprays or coatings here..just good old fashion hand wash and vac the bilge as well..I put a board under the nose on the stand to make all the water run to the back

 

[Tyler Zane]

The only thing I do that I have not seen mentioned is I spray the pump, inside and out with vinegar and water in a spray bottle( 50/50).

 

[shaunsteezy]

I rev excess water out as soon as its on the trailor after a session, take home flush out for 5 - 10mins then rev out remaining water, remove hose and sprinkle engine bay for no more than 20seconds then stop engine and pull throttle back (to allow a certain amount of fuel to remain). I then wash inside and out (shampoo outside) paying particular attentions to steering section / pump etc. I then sponge out excess water in engine bay (as I dont have bilge yet). Have a cigarette and a cup of tea whilst its drying. When dry, i cake everything in wd in the engine compartment (i prob go ott at this stage but just to be sure). I then wd steering components, turning handle bars either way and putting a squirt in their, also pull the throttle and squirt a little on the cable..everything thats metal gets the treatment including the trailor. The ski is then garaged, hood off to breathe and repel condensation with the handlebars up. I then soak all my riding gear or run it in the shower and hang to dry. This is what I do after every session even if I am going the next day.

Just before next session, i put a cupful of soapy water in the engine bay before I leave (not too much) and drive to site. The soapy water will have somewhat loosened any crap/buildup at the bottom of the ski and is bilged out once out haveing fun. I then repeat as stated above once day is up. I dont know wether Im missing anything but thats how I roll anyways. Trotty

p.s I would use silicon but have yet to find a product in the uk thats cheaper than wd40 so just go through a sh"t loada that

wd 40 is great for things that take regular maintenance but wd stands for water displacement and the 40=days so if you dont keep up on is your poop will rust!

 

[Tyler Zane]

That's a fun fact for WD 40

 

[Patrick Star]

Water and fluid film, sometimes I use salt terminator, maybe 25% of the time. I think that stuff causes deposits though but who knows.

 

[trotty]

wd 40 is great for things that take regular maintenance but wd stands for water displacement and the 40=days so if you dont keep up on is your poop will rust!

Lol, funny thing is I knew what it meant, but never really looked into the science of it all. On a serious note this routine is done on a regular basis so doubt very much that the stuff has been on for 40 days since application. Ranged from a day to maybe a month at the most, so like you say for regular maintenance and purgeing moisture. When it comes to winterising or a point at which it is not going to be used for a while I may put something a little more havy duty, but obviously most of these products are more expensive and in that sense until that point wd, aka water dispersal for 40days, is a viable, cheap and efficient product. I did start off useing silicon based products but found here in the uk they are a little more expensive than the wd option and the amount I use id spend a fortune lol.

 

[Patrick Star]

All this talk reminded me I do use use Walmart WD-40 equivalent on the pump, but under the hood and for cables it's the Fluid film.

 

[djraider700]

FYI: the 40 in WD-40 doesn't stand for 40 days. They used this stuff on missiles!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40

 

[trotty]

ok so it was the 40th attempt, we must all have faith that he got it right then!! I for one will carry on useing wd40 regardless. If I start getting rust I may start useing something else, but until then ive no issues with the stuff.