Help wanted around the Nexstar 8SE visual back etc- Am I missing a connector?

[cplee42]

Hi everyone,

I have acquired a Nexstar 8SE for use with an AVX. I have had this for some time and it came attached with a 2" Baader Clicklock (CL) for insertion of my 2" Star Diagonal. This has been fine. I now discover the CL has been attached through tight screw down of its 6 grubber screws. 

However I have recently become interested in being able to unscrew the CL to insert a focal reducer. However to do this I must use an Allen key on all the grubbers to remove the CL. Not ideal. On taking off the CL I see a thin thread but the CL does not/cannot screw onto this. It "caps" it. Hence (I assume) the use of the grubscrews. 

I wonder now if I am missing a screw piece as I see frequent mentions of simply unscrewing the CL to place on a focal reducer and for the life of me I have no idea how such a thing would screw on to such a thin protrusion from the back. 

So I attach the image of my Nexstar 8SE and ask "am I missing a piece somewhere"?

Thanks

[cplee42]

I think I have my own answer - I think part of the Clicklock is screwed tight against the Nexstar and what I can see is the ring of part of the CL  - a thin ring etc and its locked solid. No obvious way of twisting this off! Argghhh!

 

[cplee42]

and so after a long struggle with a Draper rubber wrench I did indeed have a piece of the CL still attached to the scope - if extraordinarily tightly. Now reassembled and cleaned up on both threads and the CL screws back on again in one smooth motion. Duh!

[Peter Drew]

Good result!   Rub a bit of Vaseline or similar on the threads then wipe off as much as possible.  The residue will prevent this from happening again.    🙂

[g4lia2001]

I've just acquired with the click stop and pondered exactly the same thing! - but thanks to this post we're all sorted.

 

Cheers and clear skies

 

Joe 

Newcastle