[NeilW]

Hi,

A few nights back the RA gears on my Meade ETX-90 started making some awful noises. Opened it up the next day and there were bits of plastic floating about the housing, and a couple of bolts have come adrift as a result. Given the position of the broken parts, I don't think that glueing woudl be an option. I don't think it would hold.

It's an older model, and looking through some comments on Weasner's site, parts for them are apparently hard to come by. Someone suggested I ditch the Meade drive/Autostar altogether, get hold of an EQ3 and put it on that. Any comments or suggestions?

Thanks,