Ballast Puppy sticking

(sailing216) · (sailing216) **Join Date: Oct 2007** 06-18-2009, 11:34 AM

Impeller sticks sometime and I blow the fuse. I unscrew the plate, dislodge it (spin), and I'm good to go for awhile. I put some marine grease in there and didn't help much.

Any suggestions. What does the rebuild kit do?

(jonblarc7) · (jonblarc7) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 06-18-2009, 12:29 PM

I used to have the same problem, you just need to go to your dealer and buy the yellow impeller and you never have that problem again.

(sailing216) · (sailing216) **Join Date: Oct 2007** 06-18-2009, 12:36 PM

Awesome. Thanks for the fix.

K.B.C. 06-18-2009, 12:38 PM

yup, yellow impellers and a little lube and you should be good to go. I had the same problem everytime out for about a year. Switched to the yellows a few years ago and it hasn't happened once.

As a temporary fix, flip to empty as soon as you are done filling and vice versa. If you flip the impeller while they are still wet it usually works a lot better.

(bchesley) · (bchesley) **Join Date: Apr 2001** 06-18-2009, 12:43 PM

Actually they are green now. They are having a problem with the yellow ones spinning the black center peice out. The green are a compromise between the yellow and the orginal black ones.

(sailing216) · (sailing216) **Join Date: Oct 2007** 06-22-2009, 10:29 AM

I just ordered the Green ones from I think waterskiis.com, anyways I did a search for "ballast puppy impeller green". $9 shipping was BS but I'll be back on the water happy soon.