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Re: RCX AP Reducer + Required Adapters
      06/20/08 10:18 AM

Luke is correct, the Visual back screws onto internal threads projecting from the rear of the RCX.

http://www.ridgid.com/Tools/Strap-Wrench

You may need a strap wrench to get it off. If it is really tight, use a hair dryer on just the back piece to help expand it a bit.

Careful once you have it off. The protruding threads it attaches to can get pushed into the back end of the SCT. No big deal but it can be disconcerting to walk away and come back to see them missing.

A friend of mine momentarily thought he had broken off the threads of his 14".

A benefit of the AP reducer is that the adapter opens up the visual back to a full 2". Helpful with wide angle EP's

Pesse (Why Meade, in its infinite wisdom, designed this 2" back and then stepped it down to 1.25" is beyond me.) Mist

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* Tips for Tuning Your RCX Joad 01/08/08 03:46 PM
. * RCX AP Reducer + Required Adapters Nick Cook   01/09/08 03:42 AM
. * Re: RCX AP Reducer + Required Adapters LawrenceH   06/21/08 02:49 PM
. * Re: RCX AP Reducer + Required Adapters LawrenceH   06/19/08 08:32 AM
. * Re: RCX AP Reducer + Required Adapters LLEEGE   06/19/08 10:35 AM
. * Re: RCX AP Reducer + Required Adapters LawrenceH   06/20/08 03:59 AM
. * Re: RCX AP Reducer + Required Adapters LLEEGE   06/20/08 07:54 AM
. * Re: RCX AP Reducer + Required Adapters LawrenceH   06/21/08 11:43 AM
. * Re: RCX AP Reducer + Required Adapters Pess   06/20/08 10:18 AM
. * Re: RCX AP Reducer + Required Adapters Joseph Gillman   06/20/08 11:24 AM
. * Improving GoTos on a RCX & Preparing for Imaging Nick Cook   01/09/08 03:53 AM
. * Re: Tips for Tuning Your RCX Crims   01/09/08 09:50 AM
. * Re: Tips for Tuning Your RCX JoadModerator   01/09/08 12:36 PM
. * Re: Tips for Tuning Your RCX Pess   01/09/08 12:50 PM
. * Re: Tips for Tuning Your RCX Pess   01/09/08 12:54 PM
. * RCX Motor stalls & Cold Pess   01/09/08 01:39 PM
. * The RCX and Cold Weather Pess   01/09/08 01:51 PM
. * Re: RCX Motor Stalls and Cold Weather Frankv   01/09/08 02:56 PM
. * Tips for Tuning Your RCX JoadModerator   01/09/08 03:12 PM
. * Re: Tips for Tuning Your RCX wrather1   01/09/08 05:47 PM
. * Controlling RCX400 from TheSky Hornblower   01/10/08 09:49 PM
. * Tips for Tuning Your RCX Temp Sensor Problems Pess   01/29/08 01:32 PM
. * Re: Tips for Tuning Your RCX Temp Sensor Problems wrather1   01/29/08 04:20 PM
. * Re: Tips for Tuning Your RCX Temp Sensor Problems Pess   01/29/08 08:40 PM
. * Re: Tips for Tuning Your RCX Temp Sensor Problems wrather1   01/30/08 01:19 PM
. * Re: Tips for Tuning Your RCX Temp Sensor Problems Joseph Gillman   02/02/08 02:18 PM
. * RCX / Autostar NewScopeNowBroke   02/07/08 03:14 PM
. * Re: RCX / Autostar Pess   02/18/08 02:29 PM
. * Re: RCX tuneup tip Joe B   02/10/08 08:31 PM
. * Re: RCX tuneup tip LLEEGE   02/10/08 08:50 PM
. * Re: RCX tuneup tip Joe B   02/10/08 09:29 PM
. * Re: RCX tuneup tip LLEEGE   02/10/08 09:55 PM
. * Re: RCX tuneup tip Pess   02/10/08 08:33 PM
. * Re: Tips for Tuning Your RCX LLEEGE   01/08/08 08:33 PM

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