I know h0ughy, I know.
Its a bit of a worry isn't it
Suprisingly I'm still within acceptable weight limist for astrophotography.
I'll be changing the guiderings though. The ones I bought are hopeless. The adjustment screws are really loose in the thread. So much so that even when firmly tightened the Orion slips backwards when pointed in an upward direction (pretty useless hey) because the screws move and start to angle towards the back of the setup.