I recently sold three scopes, so I got out my old Meade 2080 to see if it was still in good shape.
While pretty much everything was fine, I noticed that my RA adjustment knob has some slippage in it. I checked to make sure that the knob itself wasn't loose by tightening it with an Allen wrench. At that point it was clear that it was pretty loose when I moved the scope back and forth in RA.
The problem is not with the RA drive - it tracks ok. It's just that it seems that over time that whatever "holds" the knob in place needs to be tightened.
Does anyone know how to take the mount apart in order for me to get inside the "guts" of it to tighten everything up?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Mike
While pretty much everything was fine, I noticed that my RA adjustment knob has some slippage in it. I checked to make sure that the knob itself wasn't loose by tightening it with an Allen wrench. At that point it was clear that it was pretty loose when I moved the scope back and forth in RA.
The problem is not with the RA drive - it tracks ok. It's just that it seems that over time that whatever "holds" the knob in place needs to be tightened.
Does anyone know how to take the mount apart in order for me to get inside the "guts" of it to tighten everything up?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Mike
