Common mistakes in jet ski spare part search, and how to avoid them:

It starts with the spelling. Bombardier Sea-Doo, Seadoo, Seedoo, or just with the older models, you could also read See 400 from the bench ... And that's nothing!

In order to stay with the Canadian manufacturer founded in 1942 we continue with the spelling of the part number, if you already have it, or read it from the spare part to be replaced. This uses almost exclusively 9-digit part numbers, sometimes these are hyphenated between each 3 digits, and sometimes even continuously written. For example, the ignition coil for the XP 800 (more info later on) 278-001-254, 278 001 254 or just 278001254. Basically, we use for Sea-doo parts in our webshop www.jets24.com the latter variant without hyphens and written in one word.

On the original spareparts you can often find a part number, either stamped or otherwise incorporated. Just type it in our shop search on the top right, BUT !! without the last number of this nine-digit number, because this often differs from the actual part number used in the parts diagram, although it is exactly this part. So only the first 8 digits. To stay with the above example: 27800125. We do not know the reason, but it happens very often!

Especially in the Sea-doo there are discrepancies in the model names, referring to the motorization.

On the plaque on the front of the two-stroke ROTAX engines, on the ignition housing, there is written "Type" on the bottom left and a number next to it. In the case of a "Type 947" this corresponds to the 947 cubic engine. However, especially in Europe, this name is very unknown, there it is known as 951. Perhaps it is due to different bases of calculation, as well as with the performances, DIN HP and HP? In any case you will find the 580 engines as 587, the 650 engines as 657, the 720 or 750 engines as 717, the 781, 785, or 800 engines as 787, and the 947 engines mentioned before as 951.

We stick with the manufacturer with the seemingly most part tracking problems; Bombardier, which also produces satellites, Learjets, high-speed trains and trams, or more precisely since 2003 BRP (the newly established division for various land and water vehicles and engines, Bombardier Recreational Products) and which is also the parent company of the Austrian engine manufacturer ROTAX, which has worldwide protection for the name “Sea-Doo” that means for his personal watercraft/jet boats “jet ski”. The name "Jetski" has already been protected by Kawasaki in 1986 and may therefore only be used for its models. Yamaha therefore calls all its motorized watercraft with jet propulsion "Waverunner".

Summarized again:

BRP calls its jetski and jet boats (jet boats, in turn, is not protected and may therefore be used by all manufacturers) Sea-Doo.

Kawasaki's personal watercraft have the privilege of being able to call theirselves jet ski, and are always and everywhere in everybody´s mouth,

and those from Yamaha bear the name Waverunner.

To stay with the latter mentioned, Japanese manufacturer who has probably landed his biggest hit with the Yamaha Superjet, or simply abbreviated SJ: Here the most common mistake is the spelling with "J", i.e. Jamaha, and immediately after follows the second most common error; the incorrect indication of the model, namely Waverunner. But as we have already read above, this is only the generic term and not the model name. The third biggest error is using O's instead of zeros in the part number. An example is the fuel dispenser of the Yamaha GP800 with part number F0V-U824B-03-00. Precisely because there are two more letters at the beginning, FOV-U824B-03-00 is frequently searched by mistake. So, in doubt, please search for both variants in our online shop.

We are still in the land of the rising sun, but go from the company founded in 1955 based in Iwata, which has made its name in the music industry next to the motor industry, to the city of Kobe which is only 300 km away, where Kawasaki has its headquarters. Incidentally, this group was already founded in 1896. Here we have a very different problem, but of course we have a solution for it.

Let´s take a Bendix, or Idle Gear Assembly. The part number of the original Gear-Assy is 13101-3710.

In the linked partial diagrams/exploded drawings on our home page you can find this spare part number in the examples of an 1992 750 SX on the Kawasaki website forwarded by us in the parts catalog directory "Starter Motor" with the number 13101, to the right of the article picture. Sometimes there is a letter next to the number, this is only for the correct assignment further down, as this is not yet the complete part number, but only a numerical generic term of the manufacturer for this component. Only if you have look at the exploded view in the table you will find the number 3706 next to the number 13101. Both numbers together with a hyphen in between will give you the final number, which you can search for. I.e. 13101-3706!

The attentive reader may now say, "Wait ... the text sample above shows the numbers 13101-3710!" Yes, both numbers are correct. And there are even more, as seen in the concrete example of this starter gear assy. In the course of time, manufacturer part numbers have been and are being replaced by others. Although it is the same part, possibly with slight modifications, or sometimes just another place of manufacture, this reference number varies. But: All the replacement numbers related to this number can be used.

Finally, we come to the probably biggest mistake of the parts seeking jet ski driver community: Year of construction, model year, first registration respectively registration date! The year of construction is the year in which the ski was produced. So maybe it is not unimportant when reselling, but for the parts search the model year is relevant only; because it may be that the jetski was built in 1999, but it is already a model of the year 2000. That means with all parts which are installed in a model built in the year 2000.

How to recognize the year of construction or the model year?

On all models, except for the older Kawasaki, this is very easy. It can be recognized with the VIN vehicle identification number, or HIN hull identification number! These are different names, but in the end it is all the same. This number is located in all cases on the outside of the fuselage, usually in the back right below or above the circumferential protection bumpers. The riveted badge bearing this number (except for the new plastic fuselage as e.g. with the Spark, here it is incorporated with about 20cm width on the lower part with dots) is always about 10-12 cm long and about 1.5 cm high. Sometimes it is made of metal, but mostly of plastic. Bombardier starts with ZZN or YDV, Yamaha with YAM, Kawasaki with KAW and Polaris, guess what? ... Right! With POL.

Sometimes you can find the two-digit country code before this number. CA for Canada, US for the USA, JP for Japan. This manufacturer identification number ends with the data relevant for the correct part search, the model year. And these are the last 2 digits!

Examples:

CA-YDV11111X616 = model year 2016

ZZN11111X900 = model year 2000

YAMA1111X102 = model year 2002

The so-called first registration- or registration date, (where it may be that the jet ski was never registerd, then we speak about the date when it was first put into operation) which is depending on the country often placed on the outside license is not important at all for the correct part search. Again: Only and exclusively the model year counts ... the last 2 numbers! For fans of precision: the third last number is the year of construction. In our examples above the model year is 2016, 1999 and 2001. But once again, this is only important for resale, not for finding replacement parts!

Well, now there is nothing that stops the successful search in our parts shop jets24!

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