TeleVue Gibraltar Upgrade Kit

Catalog description

TeleVue Gibraltar Upgrade Kit, part number TVU083, is a discontinued product from the 2007–2011 catalog. It was last listed at $50.00.

Until 2002 Gibraltar tripods used a 1 diameter bearing post in a plastic bushing pressed into the tripod head casting for horizontal motion.

Current model Gibraltars utilize a bearing system built into the horizontal plate of the Tele Pod head. A 3/8 threaded stud goes from the Tele Pod through a 3/8 hole in the current Gibraltar Head and a lock knob and thick spacer washer fastens the Tele Pod to the Gibraltar casting. The new system has several advantages: 1. Bearing tension in the head is adjustable. 2. The head cannot be accidentally pulled off or fall off the tripod. 3. Sky Tour is attached to the head for horizontal motion making a more secure connection and avoiding wire wind-up from the underside connection required in the older Gibraltar.

ConversionTo use the older Gibraltar Tripod with the new Tele Pod head the user must push out the plastic bearing tube in the Gibraltar casting and insert the aluminum bushing from the GUK in its place using a supplied set screw to secure the bushing. The 3/8 threaded stud screws into the bottom of the Tele Pod Head and the user then inserts the threaded rod through the bushing and secures the assembly with the aluminum washer and Large Star lock knob supplied with the GUK-1001.

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