2001 SAN V-Drive Tear Down

[brit_hunsicker]

Some of you may recognize the name and think didn't this guy just get done with a resto? Well yeah that's me. Come to find out, the V-Drive has a crack in it and the oil was milky rust. I'm just the genius who forgot to check the oil until I had the whole boat put back together and on the water twice. I think what happen is the cooling chamber froze in the V-Drive late in the year when I had the boat on a lift till early December when I was repainting the trailer.

Long story short, I checked the oil last night and it sounded like I was pulling the dipstick out of sand. Not a good feeling. Here are some pictures to show what fun I had last night.








These 2 pictures were taken about a month ago when I had first seen the crack in the top cover of the cooling chamber. Me being me I didn't want to think too much of it because I could see the lake off in the distance I was rounding the corner to make it there. I assumed it would be an easy call to Walter (company who makes this V-Drive) and I could order a new top cover. Boy was I wrong.








These two photos were taken last night at 9 pm shortly after I had pulled the dipstick to see the lovely milky rust. You can see the top cover actually clean split once I loosened the 6 bolts on top.





At this point I was thinking, well I've torn this apart once, I bet I can do it record time now.









First I have to siphon out all 39 gallons, since I so conveniently filled it up Thursday after my evening wakeboard run.

















And finally at 12:30 in the morning I got it pulled out. Hoping to get it shipped to Walter early this week and maybe have it back by the first of May.


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[brit_hunsicker]

And a big thanks to t.franscioni for putting a thread up a few days ago that made me realize I really should look into this crack ASAP. Also for answering some questions and pointing me in the right direction of my best options from here. Check out his 2002 SAN resto, it's been 2 years in the making and it's looking like the finished product will be nothing short of jaw dropping.


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[nukemustang]

**** man, this would have been awesome for you if it was November and you were doing all this work, but to be in the disassembly stage in April, I feel for ya bro!! Hope that Walter can get it back to you before it gets to warm over there!!

[brit_hunsicker]

Well I sort of got lucky with how my next month looks. I leave to go to Florida for a week on the 17th. Heading down to The Boarding School to get some riding in. So it won't affect me too much as long as I get the V-Drive back around the first of May.


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[brit_hunsicker]

Pulled the bottom cover off the main case before I sent it off to Walter. Gears looked to be in good shape. No rust or scars. Now it's just a waiting game to see what Walter has to say. They did tell me that their turn around time is 7 to 10 business days from when they receive it...so that's not bad in my opinion.



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[NautiqueJeff]

I leave to go to Florida for a week on the 17th. Heading down to The Boarding School to get some riding in.

Have fun down there! I used to go hang with Travis and the boys for a week or so every summer, back when Shaun was still part of the business. Very cool place, and lots of fun. Enjoy it!

[brit_hunsicker]

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Man do I wish Shaun was still a part of it. That's got to be just about every boarders dream to ride with Shaun. I really am getting pretty pumped to go down though. It looks like it will be an awesome time!

[NautiqueJeff]

You might check with Travis to see if Shaun can swing by for a little while. Wouldn't be surprised if he could make that happen.

[brit_hunsicker]

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I might do that! I'll need to be calling him in the next week or so for a few other things. That would be sick!

[Skidave]

Like the shipping container. Not sure who you used to ship, but did they give you any grief about it?

[brit_hunsicker]

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Yes, as a matter of fact they did. I used FedEx. The lady at the counter told me they were going to charge me an extra $7.50 because it wasn't in a box and that is why they sell boxes. So I politely asked her to go get me one of their boxes that would support 120 lbs. She came back and said they only have boxes up to 60 lbs. I laughed and payed the $7.50.

[Skidave]

Ha, got to love that 'knowledge' for the cost of $7.50.

[Blamey]

Never saw an update on this. What happened with the v-drive?

[brit_hunsicker]

Sorry forgot about this thread and I don’t get notifications when someone comments on my threads. I finished the install and posted on my other thread “Restoring 2001 SAN and Trailer”


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[John-Patrick Nuboer]

Hi Brit i just bought a SAN 210 2001 without the v drive and transmission tag can you help me with the model?

Thank you,
John