Difficulty return ing corrector plate to 14" Celestron

[Stephen Brazenor]

My Celestron was in storage for c.6 years, and the corrector plate, tube and primary mirrors needed cleaning. In removing correction plate, all 4 grub screws were removed, before, with some difficulty, the plate was removed.

With all 4 grub screws removed, we now can't get the plate back. The 4 nylon pads don't seem to be sufficiently far apart.

Considering seppuku 🤣

Cheers to all

[Peter Drew]

Can you remove the nylon pads, refit the corrector plate and then re-insert the pads?    🤔

[Cosmic Geoff]

Or reduce the size/thickness of the nylon pads? I see no reason for having a tight fit.