, OK here goes
.. It wont hurt to take the broken piece off and have a look , under the broken piece is a square brass piece about 10mm square and on its underside , the piece that screws into the mount has a 10mm metric thread that screws into the mount , this thread is about 10mm long .( this is all 1 piece , like a square headed brass bolt about 20mm long )
With me ??
The only thing that you have to watch is if you unscrew the square headed piece from the main mount is that you dont loose the small nylon ( round button ) packer that sits inside the feamale thread down the bottom of the hole , this stops the brass piece scratching the inside of the mounts bearing surfaces .
Dont loose this at it sometimes sticks to the end of the thread when its removed and you wont see it at all , and Murphy's law says ,,," this will fall to the ground and be lost forever "
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But to fix your mount you wont have to remove ( unscrew ) the brass square headed bolt at all .
Just put the broken piece back on the squre head , using the small screw to hold it in place , and clamp the vise grips onto this , so you can use the mount until another lever becoms avaliable .
Try Googling 'Ioptron IEQ45 , new declanation lock set up ' as they changed that locking system from 4 knobs to 1 locking lever like your broken piece .( All these mounts use this "Vixen " style lever system)
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I know as I have one , and they may sell these levers as spares .
Hope it all works out .
Brian.
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Originally Posted by silv
Oh, great! *putting all the words into my brain click click*
Now, I'm trying to identify what exactly it is I need.
That square metal thing underneath the lever head looks like a washer to me. And a seperate screw head is visible in the top of the lever head.
But it could also be a bolt with a thick square head. The lever head is then fastened/cast around that square head and held in place additionally by the small screw.
Do you think it is safe to loosen the broken part completely so I can have a better look?
Annette
(The Venus transit won't happen here in Auckland. We'll be having thunderstorms. And with the moon so high during the night I won't be having my first light until end of next week, anyway.)
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