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    Posted: March-30-2009 at 9:51pm
Anyone,

I am in need of a new tow eye for the ski pylon for a 1987 Nautique, if anyone knows where to buy please let me know.
Larry Melillo
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Hello Larry,
Welcome to the site. The item you are looking for is a hard one to find. A lot of Ski Nautique owners made the mistake of cutting them off for a fly pole (myself included). You need to keep watching this site, eBay and craigs list. One will come up eventually.
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Thanks Dwcar,

I have been looking since I baught the boat, I put the MT1 tower on for this year so I dont need it, the boat doesnt pull many skiers as it does wakeboarders and barefooters. Im attempting to make the boat oomplete, I cant even find a dealer that sells aftermarkets.
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I believe MWCC will sell you the ball topper to replace the ring and finger for ~$125.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Fl Inboards Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April-01-2009 at 11:33am
I have the pylon out of my 92 if you are intersted. I installed a current pylon as it fits more for what we do with the boat.
Sorry it is not a ring and finger, it should work in your boat. 87 may have been the last year of the ring and finger anyway.
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Jody, the ring/finger pylon base is only about a 1 - 1.5" diameter, not the straight 2.5" down like the ball top (some 87s then 88/89) and beyond pylons (2" diameter knob top 90+). Basically, it is not a drop in fit. And with the factory bend of that 92 pylon, I'm not sure how you can just chuck it in a lathe and turn it down to the smaller diameter.

If you can find a straight pylon from a 2000/2001 (not exactly sure here) Nautique, just turn it down in a lathe to fit the ring/finger keel socket.

Ring/finger pylon base

It looks like the pylons prior to this were the same dimensions, just with no cross drilled hole.


Ball top (some 87, 88+) pylon base (excuse the color, I swapped the original 88 pylon for a 95, direct fit)

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Man! I knew I bought that Bridgeport and lathe for nothing!
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