Water through driveshaft

[Pops70]

If there is anyone here with water ingress in the engine bay of a 1100 STX .... it is really easy to fix ....

Especially if the cast aluminum tunnel which is glued to the hull comes off without ANY tools ....

[Myself]

That's a known issue with that model. Last one I did was only stuck about the size of 2 quarters.

[steve45]

While you're at it, consider replacing the driveshaft holder & bearing. Rhaas has one that's made of polyurethane.

[Pops70]

While you're at it, consider replacing the driveshaft holder & bearing. Rhaas has one that's made of polyurethane.

That's what I did last time I had the engine out. Unfortunately I didn't do this repair back then because it looked like more work than it actually was.

[Pops70]

Surface doesn't look the best but who cares if it's not leaking ....

Now for the long wait for it to dry .... lucky that I have another 1 million things to do.

[grumpy_steven]

Getting all of that glue off is the hard part. Clean up the glue and salt, as well as the hull. Get a $2 epoxy kit from Harbor Freight and attach with a generous amount of epoxy.

I've done this on a few skis and it works very well.

[Myself]

With 3m 5200 that thing is going nowhere!