Any tricks in reaching the sponson nuts?

[Rickbaro]

Got a 2005 GTI with a broken sponson, and I'm trying to imagine how the heck I'm going to reach the nuts from the inside of the hull? I figure an air ratchet will help with the long reach required. Will that be enough? Anybody been down this road before?

Thanks in advance!

[Technical Support]

Re: Any tricks in reaching the sponson nuts?

You may have to remove foam, if so use a hacksaw blade and cut it out. A small set of vise grips should work fine to hold the insert from turning.

[Rickbaro]

Re: Any tricks in reaching the sponson nuts?

It wasn't so bad after all. I removed the rear air-vent thing, and set the rear electrical box to the side, then I removed the muffler.

After that I could reach the nuts without to much effort.. It was all done by feel, and needed the 6" extension on the (non-air) ratchet, but I could reach them.

The good news is that there wasn't any damage to the glass.

This is the second time I've done repair to my Sea-Doos; the first was to replace the exhaust manifold gaskets after the exhaust manifold came loose (on both boats actually). The serial numbers are 11 apart, so it must have been a bad day at the engine factory!

The reason I bring that up is that once I start to remove things, the work that seems hard to do, becomes much easier.

Hope this helps somebody.

[btodd29]

Re: Any tricks in reaching the sponson nuts?

Glad to hear you got your sponson fixed. I have come to find out in three years I have owned a seadoo most of the work you do on them is by feel only. They are a royal pain to work on.