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    Posted: July-19-2011 at 3:37am
I am a new and proud owner of a 1978 Mustang. I have a few questions. The first is my ski pole is a little wobbly. Have looked down below under the deck and have found the main to be very sturdy and not moving at all. It seems only the upper portion is wobbly. After looking into it further I have found that it looks like it is missing or has a broken roll pin (possibly).   is this suppose to be a bolt by chance? Any help would be greatly appreciated. As well, is the rear lifting ring sturdy enough to use to connect a tube rope to?

I appreciate any and all help.
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Welcome to the site and congrats on the new Mustang.

I'll let some of the other guys chime in on the pylon issue.

Stay away from using the lift ring as a tow point. They are built to lift vertically and not supported to pull tubes and skiers.

Lets see some pictures of the new boat!
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I appreciate the input. Have another Mustang owner on my lake. He told me you would use the lifting eye for a tube, but then I saw how badly his whole boat has stress cracks all over, and thought I had better check further into this before trying it.

Appreciate any info on the ski pylon as well.

Thanks again.
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CC used many different pylon reinforcement systems through the years. Mine has a little play in it because of the way it is mounted, but I know it is secure because I rebuilt the thing. Here are some pics of my assembly.


Found some rot...




This is the pylon assembly out of the boat, upside down. Had a real hard time getting the pylon separated from the steel bracket.


Finally apart after days of penetrating oil.


Ready for the putback


All set!


Hope this helps. Your set up may be completely different, but maybe it will help you determine if it is safe to use or not.
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I've towed many, many boats with the rear ring. How else does one ski with a CC with no pylon.

The bottom pin for the pylon should be a 1/4" drift pin.
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Originally posted by DrCC DrCC wrote:

I've towed many, many boats with the rear ring. How else does one ski with a CC with no pylon.


I have also towed riders using the transom lift ring with no ill effects. When I rebuilt I made sure that the lift ring assembly was stout, knowing this would probably happen from time to time. The old one was in bad shape when I pulled it out. Similar to the pylon area.
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Thanks for all the input, it is much appreciated. I think for now I am going to pull only with the ski pylon. This winter, I am planning on redoing the gel coat, this will give me a chance to tear everything down and inspect, so as not to do damage to the rear lift eye.

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