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  1. 05-24-2006, 11:45 PM #1
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    Rideplate Removal Strategy

    What's your strategy? .... my back hurts, my knuckles are bleeding, i broke a screwdriver, and I have shims and wonder bars jammed under it in all directions... i'm going to bed. lol Maybe when I wake up in the morning it will be on the floor and fell loose wishful thinking

    i have the entire thing broken loose and all silicone and glue is cut. it's caught up across the entire front and under the pump support now... i ALMOST thought about the sawzall
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    I read that you are supposed to use a hydraulic jack sandwiched between wood. It goes where the pump is and pushes the rideplate off the ski.
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  3. 05-25-2006, 05:58 AM #3
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    i actually had that exact same thought last nite.... i'm gonna try that, thanks
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    When you sand down the shims in the back you don't have to remove the whole rideplate though ??

    JD1 ??
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    Quote Originally Posted by miketrin
    I read that you are supposed to use a hydraulic jack sandwiched between wood. It goes where the pump is and pushes the rideplate off the ski.
    Yep! thats how you do it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kinchyle
    When you sand down the shims in the back you don't have to remove the whole rideplate though ??
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    crap... so you have to remove the rideplate to do that shim thing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Green Hulk
    Quote Originally Posted by miketrin
    I read that you are supposed to use a hydraulic jack sandwiched between wood. It goes where the pump is and pushes the rideplate off the ski.
    Yep! thats how you do it.
    Jer, ya beat me to it!, funny thing though!?, I would like someone to video shibbs doing that procedure, and of course add sound, so we can hear him cuss! ...PR...
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    If you think the ride plate is bad... try replacing AND realigning the ride shoe...mine broke right after the intake grate. NO... I didn't hit anything!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jawz
    If you think the ride plate is bad... try replacing AND realigning the ride shoe...mine broke right after the intake grate. NO... I didn't hit anything!
    oh man... i was inspecting what was involved in doing that earlier.... now THAT is a nightmare and then some i sympathize with that entirely
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