Here is a Meade 12 inch LX200 tube that we removed from the fork, fitted with a dovetail rail, and now mounted on the Celestron CGEM DX mount.

Here's a Meade 12-inch LX200 tube that we removed from the fork, fitted with a dovetail bar, and now mounted on the Celestron CGEM DX mount.

Removing the tube from the fork is relatively simple and straightforward.

The reason was a defective control system in the LX200 fork mount.

Link to the mount: http://www.teleskop-spezialisten.de/shop/Montierungen/Parallaktische-Montierung-EQ/CGEM-DX-Celestron-CGEM-DX-GoTo-Montierung-mit-Stativ-mehr-St::379.html