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GM8 Saddle with bent bolt

 

Hello everyone,?


I just bought a GM8 used off of craigslist and it's a fantastic mount. I'm excited to be part of the losmandy owner's club!?


I do have one issue, I noticed that the saddle has the losmandy plate on the bottom and the vixen style on top. Is this the standard for mounts produced in the early 2000's? The reason I'm asking is the top tensioning screw for the vixen saddle is bent and I can only get it tight enough to hold my scope if I use a wrench. I'm hoping I don't have to buy a new saddle, and only replace the screw, but I don't see anywhere online where I can buy a bolt that has a screw hole in the end to fix the angled clamp to it.


Any advise on how to replace this bolt?


-Tony
 


Hi Tony,

That top contraption is not a Losmandy part, remove it by loosening the large silver knob under the wacko bolt and knob. If the resulting saddle is 3" wide then you should buy a used or new saddle for your GM8 that has the Losmandy "D" and the smaller Vixen style saddle clamps. The current GM8 saddle is designed to accept both Losmandy and Vixen dovetails correctly, it looks like this:??

GM8 SPDV?

This part is only $55 plus shipping so not too bad and is the right way to solve the problem.?

Cheers/Chip

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