I get it now. Couldn't envision it before the pictures. You'll still have the same problem of the balls falling out in time with the red colored bearing but it'll take awhile.
Maybe you could try the roller bearings with the washers since they appear to be captured better.
Judging from the grooves in the washers from the original bearings your co-viewer must get a lot of miles out of this scope. That's pretty darn cool.
I see the real load is taken up by what's on the other side, opposite of the bearing and tension knob. Looks like a Teflon disk in the picture.
Looks like you've got it fixed. Joe
Maybe you could try the roller bearings with the washers since they appear to be captured better.
Judging from the grooves in the washers from the original bearings your co-viewer must get a lot of miles out of this scope. That's pretty darn cool.
I see the real load is taken up by what's on the other side, opposite of the bearing and tension knob. Looks like a Teflon disk in the picture.
Looks like you've got it fixed. Joe
