Mount Zero Slo Mo Connector Snapped Off

[Jiggy 67]

Hi all,

Disaster struck a couple of weeks ago during high winds. I was out in relative calm using my mount zero, only recently bought. After a couple of hours it started to get quite windy so I took the scope off but made the fatal error of leaving the mount out under a cover, in the hope that the wind would drop again. I came out later to find that the mount, on its tripod had been blown over and was lying on the ground. After picking it up I saw that the mount had landed on the azimuth slo mo cable. Because I had tightened the cable to the connector with a screw driver the fall had caused the brass connector to snap as in the photos below.........I can't describe how gutted I was at my stupid mistake!!

I could use the other end to attach a slo mo cable or knob too but the other end is not ideally positioned when in use so I was wondering if I could disassemble the worm gear and just swap it the other way round?

Is this advisable?

Will it work?

Has anyone ever disassembled this mechanism??....any advice??....Is it just a case of loosening the small tension adjusters and removing the black cover plate??

Advice would be appreciated

 

Thanks

 

 

 

[badhex]

On 03/04/2022 at 14:37, Jiggy 67 said:

Hi all,

Disaster struck a couple of weeks ago during high winds. I was out in relative calm using my mount zero, only recently bought. After a couple of hours it started to get quite windy so I took the scope off but made the fatal error of leaving the mount out under a cover, in the hope that the wind would drop again. I came out later to find that the mount, on its tripod had been blown over and was lying on the ground. After picking it up I saw that the mount had landed on the azimuth slo mo cable. Because I had tightened the cable to the connector with a screw driver the fall had caused the brass connector to snap as in the photos below.........I can't describe how gutted I was at my stupid mistake!!

I could use the other end to attach a slo mo cable or knob too but the other end is not ideally positioned when in use so I was wondering if I could disassemble the worm gear and just swap it the other way round?

Is this advisable?

Will it work?

Has anyone ever disassembled this mechanism??....any advice??....Is it just a case of loosening the small tension adjusters and removing the black cover plate??

Advice would be appreciated

 

Thanks

 

 

 

Have you been in contact with Hutech? Might be worth it to see if spares are available.