That is a very common problem with these scopes. The cause is
assembling the case incorrectly. How do you do it incorrectly?
Typically, by not making sure that the blue aluminum case body is
settled into the RF gasket grove all the way around the front panel.
When the case is correctly assembled, the back panel will be
under very little force when the four screws are tight against
the metal studs that pass thru the plastic to protect the back
cover from the screw's pressure.
The way I fix cracked backs is to fit all the pieces back together
and use a drop of acrylic solvent weld applied in the closed cracks
with a needle applicator.
The repair is invisible for the most part.
-Chuck Harris
On Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:42:22 -0800 "Don Brown, N3DEB"
<dbawatsonville@...> wrote:
Posted this in other Tek scope group, did not want to leave y'all out!
Note to group, my 2465B scope had cracked rear tan plastic cover. JB
Weld "Plastic Bonder" tan color is a 2 part polyurethane adhesive
with a great color match and adhesion. Should work other models I
would think.
I uploaded photo to Photos folder here:
/g/TekScopes/album?id=300551
