Pulsar Helion eyepiece rubber and lenses cap replacement.

[Peeblesshire Stalker]

Hi all!
Does anyone know how to replace the rubber eyepiece on a helion XQ50? It’s all perished and worn and I can’t see how it comes off and a new one is fitted? The lens’s cap is also cracked and can’t see how it comes off either, it doesn’t seem to screw off.
Thanks in advance.

 

[neilamph]

Speak to Thomas Jack's I think your find they are glued in ...or stalking show i think pulsar were replacing them free of charge

 

[Ludders]

I replaced mine. I pulled the old one off and cleaned the glue off. Then dry fitted the new one. When I was confident I could get it on I put a spot of super glue on in to hold it in place.

 

[dlz90]

Best thing IMHO is to ditch the outer rotating eyecup it's crap, and source a pard NV008 eyecup it will stretch over the dioptre eyefoucs ring, especially if you can get the original pard which I think is the best one, keep the inner rubber helion eye piece and bingo it will last you for the lifetime of the helion.

D

Ps to remove the outter helion original eye cup it just pops off, try not to dislodge the inner rubber one it's glued on.

 

[dlz90]

Like this.

It's also more comfortable to use.

 

[Peeblesshire Stalker]

I replaced mine. I pulled the old one off and cleaned the glue off. Then dry fitted the new one. When I was confident I could get it on I put a spot of super glue on in to hold it in place.

Thanks for that. It looks like the rubber goes right into the guts of the eyepiece in a wee groove, does it just all pull out?

 

[jcampbellsmith]

Contact Scott Country in Dumfries. My friend and I both had excellent work done there recently.

Regards

JCS

 

[Peeblesshire Stalker]

Like this.

It's also more comfortable to use.

To be fair that does look a lot better! It’s the inner rubber I need to replace though, it had totally perished and come away from the eyepiece.

 

[Peeblesshire Stalker]

Contact Scott Country in Dumfries. My friend and I both had excellent work done there recently.

Regards

JCS

Thanks for that, I’ll give them a shout for some advice

 

[dlz90]

To be fair that does look a lot better! It’s the inner rubber I need to replace though, it had totally perished and come away from the eyepiece.

The inner one although a little more fiddly is also easy enough to replace to be fair just glue it on.

I found the original outer one to be a pain and not offering much in the way of comfort or performance when trying to block out unwanted light in daylight viewing.

Anyhow good luck which ever you decide.

D

 

[Peeblesshire Stalker]

The inner one although a little more fiddly is also easy enough to replace to be fair just glue it on.

I found the original outer one to be a pain and not offering much in the way of comfort or performance when trying to block out unwanted light in daylight viewing.

Anyhow good luck which ever you decide.

D

Thanks for that, I’ll buy another and give it a bash, just hope I can get all the old rubber and glue out ok

 

[Peeblesshire Stalker]

Next question… does anyone know who has any in stock? They seem to be sold out everywhere!

 

[AGR]

I needed the eye cup on my axion replaced. Thomas Jacks couldn't supply, but said they would replace it (last year) for £50. Seemed a bit drastic.

 

[Peeblesshire Stalker]

I needed the eye cup on my axion replaced. Thomas Jacks couldn't supply, but said they would replace it (last year) for £50. Seemed a bit drastic.

Strange! Surely if they can replace it then they have one in stock? Everywhere online says they’re out of stock for the Helion.

 

[dlz90]

Optics trade say they have them in stock, so maybe worth a try.

Failing that try and source the pard eyecup or something along that line, as you don't need either of the originals for it to work.

Anyway hopefully you get sorted.

D

 

[NickJ]

I bought my Pulsar from Thomas Jacks and spoke to them, they wouldn't send me an eyepiece, they said I had to send it in to be fitted by them. It took nearly a month which was a pain as I stalk roe (so 12 months of the year) and are out at least once a week

 

[Peeblesshire Stalker]

Optics trade say they have them in stock, so maybe worth a try.

Failing that try and source the pard eyecup or something along that line, as you don't need either of the originals for it to work.

Anyway hopefully you get sorted.

D

Are optics trade easy enough to deal with? They’re based abroad are they not?

 

[dlz90]

Are optics trade easy enough to deal with? They’re based abroad are they not?

To be honest I have not dealt with them personally, but I believe they are a very reputable to deal with.

Maybe some one on the forum has more knowledge than myself.

Sorry that I can't be more helpful.

D

 

[Antonyweeks]

Next question… does anyone know who has any in stock? They seem to be sold out everywhere!

I've just bought one from Rural Sports. Might be worth trying them... I paid £21. It was a bit fiddly getting the old one off - left behind some crap glued rubber which I had to spend a while scraping off. However, once this was all off and the groove cleaned up the new one fitted well.

 

[Peeblesshire Stalker]

I've just bought one from Rural Sports. Might be worth trying them... I paid £21. It was a bit fiddly getting the old one off - left behind some crap glued rubber which I had to spend a while scraping off. However, once this was all off and the groove cleaned up the new one fitted well.

I had the same hassle getting the old one off. I got one from Simpson Brothers, it was their last one!