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jbb 
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 Posted: August-16-2014 at 12:53am |
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The 87 model.
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IAughtNaut
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Posted: August-16-2014 at 1:46am |
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chase84
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Posted: August-16-2014 at 2:02am |
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Besides all that....I'm not gonna pay shipping on a huge chunk of aluminum....changing pylons just for the heck of it is way more work than I want to do...I'm sure I'm just going to end up with the SDBC
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IAughtNaut
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Posted: August-16-2014 at 2:38am |
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its the right call
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TRBenj
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Posted: August-16-2014 at 10:27am |
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No pylons were ever glassed in- they sit in a cup in the hull (most have a bolt here to keep it from rotating) and then it's pinched by the cradle. Loosen 4 large bolts and remove 1 small one and it should come out relatively easily- assuming the base isn't corroded to the cup. Of course, all the bolts are pretty difficult to access with the engine in, and that lower one can be a real pain to remove.
That said, if you were to go through all the trouble to swap pylons, you still have a useless pole that can't be pulled from if the extended pylon isn't installed. |
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gun-driver
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Posted: August-16-2014 at 10:37am |
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Before you get crazy on ordering things try to get the ring finger out. I got mine out of my '85 without much of a problem then replaced the roll pins with push pins now I can take it out when ever it want.
Soak it with some good penetrating oil around the top and in the roll pins I believe I used a "little" (key word) of heat around the pylon to draw the oil in. Let it sit a while(days maybe)while reapplying oil and heat. Then I put a hammer handle (rubber)through it and just kept wiggling back and fourth being very careful not to put to much force on it that would bend it, eventually loosened up and came out. |
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jbb
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Posted: August-16-2014 at 1:30pm |
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I assumed he would always use the extended pylon. Most have a tow point mounted on them down low so you can tow low or high. Changing out the pylon is not that difficult so buying an used already molested pylon for significantly less money than the other device was the idea. Change it out once and put the original in a safe deposit box or something. Then you have a pylon in your boat without the ring and finger an an original stored ready to go back in when need be. Not suggesting that you keep both on the boat and try to change out between sets.
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