Is this a major problem?

[LCM_99]

Sucked something up earlier and ski became sluggish out of the hole. Just a small vibration before actually taking off.. Got home and pulled intake grate and noticed this. Major problem? Can I ride this weekend with this piece like this? What's the part called? Thanks for your help. Bryan

[LCM_99]

I'm talking about the rubber piece that's around the shaft near impeller. You can see the rip on the top left of picture.

[Patrickspark]

Im not sure if u can ride or not, but the piece is called "impeller boot"

[carlosdelgado]

You should Not ride your ski the way it's now. Specially the Vibrations it will cause. If you can, try to just cut it off as much as possible until you a get to remove the pump and either replace it with a new one or just remove the hole thing. You can ride the ski with no nose cone.

[LCM_99]

Thanks for the response. So if I cut this off I shouldn't put ski in water until I get it 100% fixed?

[Tiny]

Take/cut it off and your ok...It might cavitate a little bit but you will be ok until you get it fixed..