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Meade 2" Diagonal Repair

Posted: 7 April 2022

Every few years I have to do a minor repair of my Meade 2" 99% Reflectivity Mirror Diagonal. As seen in these two photos, the eyepiece port comes loose over time.

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Fortunately, the repair is easy. A side plate on the diagonal (either side) is removed by unscrewing three hexscrews.

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This gives you access to two setscews that hold the eyepiece port tube.

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I used a small jeweler's flathead screwdriver to tighten the two setscrews.

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Then you replace the cover and screw in the three hexscrews.

Repair done!


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