Reassembly of the Yamaha SVHO jet ski continues. This week, Joe Keene is rebuilding the cylinder head, making sure we have a flat head surface, and then installing new valves and valve springs and showing you how to properly lap the new valves to get a good seal.
This assembly includes the crankshaft, connecting rods and pistons.
In this episode of Project X, Joe Keene and Eric Garbe get to work reassembling the entire rotating assembly for the jet ski engine, which encompasses the crankshaft, connecting rods and pistons. This work requires attention to detail, a little math ... and some teamwork doesn’t hurt. A big thanks to SBT for the replacement parts!
We’ll steer you down the right path for removing and installing cables.
We look through some of the parts and tools provided to us to restore Big Blue.
It’s time to remove the engine and see what’s really going on inside.
Let’s find out what’s going on with Big Blue before we tear it apart.
‘Good Times’ on the water for half a century.
Kawasaki’s new slogan, “Go with Green Power,” emphasizes that while it may be going green, its offerings aren’t going any slower.
The only one for good times.
Established in 1990, National Powersport Auctions (NPA) is the world’s largest provider of powersport vehicle remarketing services. NPA’s nationwide footprint serves the industry’s largest financial institutions, OEMs and dealers through a multitude of live and online selling platforms. NPA recently opened its newest facility in Lakeland, FL where we got the chance to sit down
