Rattling Beckett, Titanium fix?

[Theokie]

During my big upgrade I had the opportunity to buy a good sized Beckett skimmer. I jumped on this as I had heard of the fabled foam making power, and with a high fish load I figured I could put this to good use.

Little did I know that Becketts can wear out, and develope what can be described as the death rattle. I began the quest to track down some replacements and well just found out how futile this is. Now being a MRC skimmer I can break down and buy 2 injector assemblies, with new Becketts for 150 each. Being in Canada this 300 purchase after shipping and currancy exchange will cost me more then the skimmer, I now know why I got such a good deal on it.

I have read about using super glue to fill in the erosion, but this is only a temporary fix.

For a more permanent fix I have found some high grade titanium sheet/foil .005" thick. I'm hoping that I can both line the socket and then wrap the "arrow" tabs, slowly building this up until I get a tight rattle free injector.

I'm just wondering if anyone else has tried anything like this, or can foresee any issues with this?

 

[biecacka]

is the "arrow" part the part you are trying to replace? contact MRC and see if they have any for sale or post in the WTB forum. if i recall someone bought a bag of them within the last year or so and was willing to sell a few.

corey

 

[Theokie]

is the "arrow" part the part you are trying to replace? contact MRC and see if they have any for sale or post in the WTB forum. if i recall someone bought a bag of them within the last year or so and was willing to sell a few.

corey

For lack of a better description the inner piece has worn at the tabs and the resulting rattle has caused the grooves to enlarge, a sign of a poorly maintained beckett. When I contacted MRC they informed me they only sell the complete assembly for 150 each, my skimmer uses 2, and I'm Canadian so 375 ish at current currency exchange, plus they only ship UPS, so that's 40 to ship and then a minimum of 50 for Brokerage, so I'm looking at almost 500 dollars for 2 becketts from them. I only paid 300 for the skimmer to begin with, though with all the hassle I'm having now, I'm beginning to rethink I should have just bit the bullet and paid the 1000 CAD for the MRC-3R.

I will put a post in the buy/sell forums, and when I do get my titanium I'm going to machine out one of them, and see if I can do better then the super glue.

I have a 10" pinwheel driven skimmer, with two pumps driving it and it doesn't compare to the foam that one of the becketts makes, much less two becketts. Now the downside is its drawing 200 watts more, but that's is the price I pay for the crazy amounts of foam

 

[tkeracer619]

The 10" you are comparing it to isn't an octopus ddnw 250 is it?