1998 Kawasaki 1100 ZXI Teardown - Part 1

1998 Kawasaki 1100 ZXI Teardown - Part; After removing the engine from the ski, I removed the flywheel cover and carbuertor assembly to further examine why the engine seized up in the first cylinder.

Looking at the piston, it does have tell tale signs of overheating.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Kawasaki
• 1100
• ZXI
• 1998
• Jet
• Ski
• JetSki

[Metalunique]

Dude, jus' outa curiosity, do you have a hook hand? Cuz that shit looked funny as hell!... Good score though. Jetskis are fun and easy to rebuild.

[srpope80]

@Metalunique Hahaha, no that is the hook on the top of my shop light.... Glad it made you laugh though

[houstonwarren2]

I downloaded my hi-def video of the teardown of the 900STS last night and noticed that I sound like a total gimp in the video. I had NO experience with anything mechanical. Didn't even know what the carb looked like let alone the inside of an engine. Once I figure out how to edit my dumb-ass comments I'm going to post it :)

[houstonwarren2]

@mattinsouthnj20

$500 isn't too bad :) My new shortblock was around $1300 from SBT with the gaskets, oil block-off and rebuild kits for the 3 carbs. I installed the fuel pump gasket backward and couldn't figure out why it wasn't sucking fuel ha! Live and learn. It did give me a chance to pull the fuel tank though and swab it out clean as heck! Did you reguild your own? $500 sounds like a top-end kit and a honing. Is that what you did?

[mattinsouthnj20]

@houstonwarren

No doubt, I had the same problem (middle thrashed), $500 later I mix in the tank "only!"

[houstonwarren]

Okay...so I became impatient and threw an impact on it. It turns off counter clocwise standard threads. I'm not a mechanic so it suprised me that it took all the way to the end of the bolt post with the impact tool to come off due to the thread lock on it. I had the Kawasaki flywheel removal tool to throw around that large threaded post to finish it off and a couple light taps on the end of it with a small hammer and she popped off. Good luck and thanks for posting the video.

[houstonwarren]

Mine had the same piston condition (middle thrashed). Check that carb associated with the bad piston and I'll bet there is nothing but clear gas in there in lieu of an oil gas mix. Compare the color of any liquid inside to the carbs next to it and I'll bet that is it. It was as if I was watching my own engine on video ha! Question for you: Does that flywheel nut (the one in the center) come off clockwise or counter clockwise? I can't figure that out for the life of me.