Meade Mount Modifications

SECURELY LOCKS MEAD SCT DECLINATION WITH MINIMAL NON-DAMAGING FORCE

ome SCTs are very nose heavy when equipped with a dew shield, and this is the situation that the EZ Balance is designed to correct.

DO NOT BUY THIS UPGRADE if you own a 7", 8", 10" or 12" Meade LX200GPS manufactured BEFORE August 2005 - Your scope has plastic gears and need the Buck's Gears kit.

SECURELY LOCKS MEADE SCT DECLINATION WITH MINIMAL NON-DAMAGING FORCE

The Mounting Assistant is a super-compact 8-1/2" X 10-1/4" mounting plate designed to simplify attachment of Meade's LX400ACF, LX200ACF, LX200R, LX200GPS, RCX400, LX200 Classic and LX90 telescopes being used in the Alt-azimuth mode with Meade's Standard F

Specifically designed for telescopes using Meade’s #1209 Zero Image-Shift electronic microfocuser. 

Increase light reaching your eye or camera chip by as much as 65%

This adapter allows the attachment of anything with a 2" tube (such as a standard 2" diagonal or camera adapter) to be attached directly to your Meade SCT without using the microfocuser.

This precision bearing kit virtually eliminates focuser backlash in all Meade SCTs 7" or larger. This kit is intended for use with all Meade 7" through 12" and all 16" Schmidt-Cassegrain and Maksutov-Cassegrain telescopes - including the LX200GPS, the LX2

The prime reason for Meade's big SCTs being equatorially mounted is to facilitate astrophotography. In the equatorial mode, these scopes will not track with precision unless the drive gears are positively engaged.

Replace the molded plastic gears in your drive train with precision machined high strength stainless steel gears.

If your 7", 8", 10" or 12" Meade LX200GPS was manufactured before August 2005 the odds are 95 in 100 that it has molded plastic transfer gears in the drive train. Replace these plastic gears with precision machined high strength stainless steel gears.

This upgrade is intended for scopes manufactured after August 2005 when Meade started using precision brass transfer gears in the drive train. The upgrade is actually a Buck's "Big Scope" Gears kit without the gears!