More advise needed asap!

[Buckwild12]

Ok i was riding today, heard a huge pop, and the little vibration i felt at full throttle, quickly turned into a huge snap. turn out the engine i built blew up the coupler. What the best one to replace it with. not sure if it ,makes any diffference but it blew it up from the engine side of the coupler. Is this super hard to fix? i have some knowledge of the workings of my ski, but.. this seems bad. should i get someone else to work on it? the local guy charges 150 an hour labor, id rather do it myself if possible. Any help would be tremendous. i want this thing in the water in 2 weeks if possible. What does everyone think? thanks in advance, btw i love this site! great knowledge available for mediocre wrenchers!

 

[tor*p*do]

3 or 5 point coupler?
pull the motor to make sure you didnt damage anything else
they can be had used on the boards or new at jet world http://www.jet-world.net/partsacc/drivehandle.asp
if you blew up the motor side one, cut it off carefully and replace

 

[jetx]

$150/hr in labour??? Holy crap!

We charge $95/hr cnd and I think that is ridiculous.

 

[Buckwild12]

it was a stock one

that was a 3 finger, which i have now found was no good. i am not sure if it was the result of the problem or the problem, I just got the motor fixed, it runs great now! i had a vibration that got bad in the last 1/4 of the throttle. and when i juiced it it blew. My friend thought it might have been the nearings at first. we were going to look into it this week, today i took it out and the coupler blew up. the motor stars and runs strong. it did take out my dual bilges though. but those are easy to replace.

 

[Buckwild12]

blowsion, TBM and, ada have kawi style. with more figers.

which do you think are good?

 

[Buckwild12]

anyone know how the couplers are connected to the engine?

Do you have to pull the engine to work on this, not a big deal its doable with my friends help but i just want to know what im getting into.

 

[tor*p*do]

yes you will have to pull the motor
click on the link in my post above, order coupler
if this is an SJ, no big deal
I can pull my motor now in under 20 minutes now
time to start practicing:
http://www.sbtontheweb.com/pdfs/y650701x.pdf

 

[Buckwild12]

yes its a superjet, and thanks in advance for any help!