Driveshaft Shortening -For My 1100 Triple Swap X2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
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As per usual, I started this video with one plan, and ended up doing something pretty different. Please note. Those of you who are sensitive may not want to watch this video, as TWO vintage Jet Ski couplers were violated in the making of this video.
That reminds me... I needs couplers.
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Great work man! Getting closer every video!
Little by little. A million things left to do... but the task keeps getting smaller :)
Truth be told... this project will never be "done".... it will just keep evolving into something else... but that's what keeps it fun for me 👍
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam my blaster has been a project for 10 years now 😅
@@mitchellstepan7215 HAHA. My Mini that is in the background of all my videos is also a 12 year project ... that hasn't been touched in about 10 years.
Jet ski fool’s let’s begin haha 😂 nice to see some riding footage in there 👍 that air hammer trick usually works. The dang GoPro broke the coupler, yep I understand unfortunately. Crossing my eyes now, and oh yeah it worked perfectly 👍👌🍻
HAHA. It's always tricky trying to figure out what to say at the start of a video 😂
The air hammer trick totally worked when I tried it off camera on the broken coupler. Worked perfectly 👍The only reason it didn't work on the driveshaft is because of the type of loctite they used, and it cooled off, haha. In the end it's REALLY my fault for not being careful. I had decided I was getting new ones as they were marked up, so I kinda didn't care if they broke.
I'm really surprised at how well it worked. I've seen Jacob talk about rethreading shafts, but on all of the forums, everyone has them cut and welded at a machine shop 🤷♂️
Hi Joel, I am really impressed with the way you have measured all of your work, and making sure that it lines up, cheers mate
I'm just glad that it turned out, haha. I had my doubts along the way :)
Loving that little intro vid.
Hey. I was talking about you on camera today, haha. I ended up taking your advice and honed out my cylinder dry and it works great. Old habits die hard, but it's way better doing it dry if you don't have a proper setup. Parts washer / honing station.
Awesome build! Mine is underway as well!
Thanks ! It's a fun project. You have an 1100 going into an X2 ? Sweet !
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam yes! A little different from yours as I’m using a free Polaris triple I got, but along the same lines. Stumped on the exhaust now. You either have to do tons and tons of fabrication to get it to be reasonably quite or do the ol’ Jetski Brothers and run it strait out the side of the hood🤣
@@dirtriderz6881 LOL... yeah... I'm sure you've seen my water box build. Quite a bit of work. I'm not sure what issues you are running into, but you could just get a ZXI waterbox from ebay, or something like that ? Lots of people mix and match.
I would love to see photos of your build, no matter what stage it's at. I used to work on Polaris back from 95 -2000... That was my first job. Well.. The shop sold Polaris and Yamaha. *mostly snowmobiles
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam Oh nice! I would love to send you some pictures, I’ll find you on Instagram!🤟🏼
@@dirtriderz6881 Awesome. I'm @Projekt_me on instagram
Sick intro
Thanks man ! I like to have fun with editing every now and then. Takes a lot of work though, haha.
That into is like a video game. Where's the health bar? Oh man broke the coupler! Yeah I know about that! Nice my helpful video is helpful for you. I have also had to google stuff and found videos of myself that I have to watch to figure stuff out. Man you edited enough to make the driveshaft look easy. I don't think any of my cut driveshafts even have a shoulder. Livin on the edge!
I was editing... and the video intro was just me saying "hi" ... I was like ... it needs something else. That's not what my plan was at all... it just happened. Was kinda fun to make.
I feel bad for ruining two couplers ... I'm a monster . The air hammer worked so good on the one on the engine ... instantly spun it off...After I had already broken it, unfortunately. There's no substitute for experience, they say. Any old jet skis mechanic would be like "there's permanent loctite on that driveshaft coupler, you're going to need more heat" Meanwhile there's me..... BBrRRRRRRRaAAAAAAPPPPP SNAP lol.
I don't think making the shaft was difficult other than threading it... If I were to do it again, I would put the thread on first and then weld and make the shoulder... The shaft material was pretty easy to work with, as I'm sure you know, but the welded area was a nightmare.
So did you determine the exact length required for the drive shaft? I need to make my shaft.
I can't remember what the length is, but I have measured it twice for people now, haha.
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam oh nice! Thanks Joel, any idea where that info would be ?
@@Boundforflames The info was on my phone till I did a factory reset and lost everything. One of my viewers, Zack might remember or have a photo that I sent him... I have left him a comment asking if he remembers.
When I needed to remove the coupler of my 650SX I remembered that JSB video. The couple came right off with an air hammer. Glad you driveshaft came out mint. Are you not working on the supercharger 650 anymore?
I haven't officially announced it, but the supercharger project is on hold for now. I will get back into it at some point, but right now I don't have the time or money for two projects.
Nice work on the intro/outro. You can get aluminum pretty hot. I'd think that you could've gotten it hot enough to spin off by hand . It should grow enough to create a gap between it and the shaft so it feels sloppy. I used to freeze my crank and heat my bearing to assemble them together, then freeze the crank with bearings and heat the cases. They'd have a super sloppy fit until they both came to room temperature , where they would become a tight press fit . Moped parts of course. lol .
Wondering why you didn't use 1100 couplers on both sides. For strength and durability. May be slightly more sizes, requiring different size spacing?
Thanks Rick. Trying to have a little fun with the intro 👍 glad you enjoyed.
I have done the hot cold trick many times too, it works great. My propane torch isn't the best so it doesn't heat up much or quickly and that causes a lot of the heat to go into the shaft... and that doesn't help.
The 1100 couplers have a large thread bore so I would have had to build up the 650 shaft really large or use a 1100 shaft welded to the 650 shaft. From what I understand, this is what the majority of swapps do, but I will likely end up using two 650 couplers 👍
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam sounds good to me . the mismatch threw me for a loop . Mapp gas. .. makes a difference. I had 2 Mapp gas and 2 propane torches going once to get a go kart wheel off once. But a man who can do anything with an oxy acetylene torch add a grinder LOL
@@rickems8863 I was going to say... MAPP is probably a way better idea 👍😁 I've never actually used it. People are constantly donating propane to me so I have a bunch of propane BBQ cylinders as well as the 3, 20 pound tanks, haha.
When I worked at an actual shop, we had oxy acetylene and oxy propane ... I got pretty spoiled. I didn't mention this in the video, but I was actually going to use my tig to weld a big blob onto the back of the coupler to dump a bunch of heat into it... that would have done the trick... but I was too lazy 😂
... come to think of it... I actually have a mini oxy propane set up that someone gave me, just no oxygen... I should probably get some.
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam I had a mini oxy Mapp setup an old timer gave me worked well but ate gas like a pig . I passed it onto a friend. couple of times I wished I still had it , but no regrets. I always get by one way or another so I can't complain. .
one day I'll get a nice oxy-acetylene torch.
i hope my length is correct! hahahaha
I'm sure it will. Let me know.
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam i have a extra coupler if you want it
@@bmxbarron For a 1100 or a 650 ? I just ordered 650 ones last night, but if I had another 1100 one I would try to figure out something to make that work.
What method are you using for couplers ? ... and if you've already said on your thread on PWC Today, I apologize, I do read them all but I have a bad memory and lots of things bouncing around in my head.
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam its for the x2 driveshaft, a 650 coupler. I bought billet couplers that mate the 900 and 650 couplers, they're the same size, the threads on the drive coupler are milled and tapped to fit the bigger 900 crank
@@bmxbarron Oh... cool. I didn't know anyone made such a thing. Live and learn.
I was thinking about making my own billet set... but I would need a rotary table for my mill to get all the clocking correct.