Pylon and steering wheel

Not to throw another wrench but you can’t swap ring/finger pylons with ball toppers without some modifications. The hull cup is a different size- the r/f pylons had a small finger installed at the bottom (~1” diameter) that installed in a corresponding sized hull cup. The ball top pylons retain their full diameter right to the bottom and used a 2.5”+ diameter hull cup.

Additionally, a 83 BFN will not have a cradle and will require a flange at the floor (and a backing plate underneath) to secure. The flanges were removed from the pylons when the cradles showed up (‘85 or 86 on the Bfn) which was a few years before the ball topper style came out (mid 87). So no ball topper will have the required flange for the boat in question.

Trying to find a flanged Bfn pylon will likely prove tricky… they would have been used 79-85ish and is specific to that model. If your pylon is otherwise ok, you might be best served swapping over a ring and finger as that is a lot more common (used across all models 73-87).

Please send me a pic and a price. Ty

Can you Pm me a price? And pic?

Good call! Thank you. BN is 14” from bottom to floor plate. The SN is 9”. Thank you

Pylon diameter is the same for all cc’s since ‘76 (2.5”). The height is different- the critical difference between SN and BFN is the distance from the hull cup to the pylon flange (BFN is taller- a flanged SN pylon will hit the floor and never reach the hull).

Ring and finger are obviously the same though- you could swap that piece over.

Not to throw a wrench in anyone’s sale but I’m assuming dimensions were exchanged? (The SN and BFN pylons do not generally interchange).

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I cannot figure out how to post pics on here. Do you have another method I can send them via?

I have a pylon with ring and finger out of a 79 Ski if your still looking.