Compatibility of GSO Crayford Focusers with Refractor Telescopes

A. Important Information - Please Read

To help select a focuser for your telescope, you may find the table below useful.

This table is meant to be a general guide and not an authoritative reference. We cannot be responsible for any problems or fit issues. The only way to correctly determine which size focuser/adapter you need is by removing your existing focuser, measuring the inside diameter of your telescope tube carefully, and then making a choice before ordering a focuser (not after). Also make sure you can remove your stock focuser first. Some companies are known to have changed tube sizes and some OEM R&P focusers can be very hard to take off.

If your telescope is not mentioned in this list, then we do not know which focuser will work for you. In such cases, please contact us with your tube dimensions (exact inner and outer diameter, preferably in mm) and we will work with you to find a solution.

B. Focuser Compatibility Information

This table was compiled with the help of numerous Agena customers (Thank you!). If you have any additions, suggestions, or corrections, we'd love to hear from you.

Do you have information on mounting one of these Crayford focusers on a telescope not listed in Table 1 below? Give us complete information for new telescope entries and we will send you a $5 gift coupon!

To make sense of the cryptic abbreviations in the table, see the Key below the tables.

Table 1: Telescopes on which some of our after-market focusers should fit

C. Key for Compatibility Tables Above

* - 'Focusing Issues' are as measured with a GSO single or standard dual speed focuser with a drawtube travel length of 80mm. If you are considering a GSO linear bearing focuser, then the drawtube is 30mm shorter.

Focuser
GSO86 - GSO Crayford Focuser with 86.4mm Adapter
     * PAF-GS-CRF-86: Single Speed Crayford Focuser
     * PAF-GS-M-CRF-86: Dual Speed Crayford Focuser
     * PAF-GS-LRA-86: Dual Speed Linear Bearing Crayford Focuser
     * PAF-GS-LRA-D-86: Dual Speed Linear Bearing Crayford Focuser (Compatible with ZWO EAF)
GSO96 - GSO Crayford Focuser with 96.6mm Adapter
     * PAF-GS-M-CRF-96: Dual Speed Crayford Focuser
     * PAF-GS-LRA-96: Dual Speed Linear Bearing Crayford Focuser
     * PAF-GS-LRA-D-96: Dual Speed Linear Bearing Crayford Focuser (Compatible with ZWO EAF)
GSO112 - GSO Crayford Focuser with 112.6mm Adapter
     * PAF-GS-M-CRF-112: Dual Speed Crayford Focuser
     * PAF-GS-LRA-112: Dual Speed Linear Bearing Crayford Focuser
     * PAF-GS-LRA-D-112: Dual Speed Linear Bearing Crayford Focuser (Compatible with ZWO EAF)

Connection Configuration:
ASOT - Focuser bolts inside adapter; Adapter screws on outside the telescope tube
FBIC - Focuser bolts inside collar already on the telescope tube
FBIT - Focuser bolts directly to inside of telescope tube

Focusing Issues (With standard Crayford focusers which have a longer drawtube - situation will be worse with the linear bearing versions which have shorter drawtubes. For visual use with a diagonal; Extension tubes will be required in most cases for direct camera connections for imaging applications):
ETD - An extension tube is definitely required for additional back-focus travel (need at least a 2" extension on the Celestron C6R).
ETL - It is possible that you might need an extension tube for additional back-focus travel. However, we don't have enough data to state this conclusively.
ETM - Most customers did not need an extension tube, although it is still possible that you might need one.
NR - No extension tube required.

Comments:
C1 - OEM focuser can be hard to remove
C2 - 3 customers had tubes with ID = 96mm and could use the original screws. One customer reported an ID = 97.5mm and needed new screws
C3 - Holes don't line up perfectly, so screws are angled and don't go in all the way
C4 - Customers have reported different tube diameters for different year models
C7 - Customers have reported different tube diameters for different year models; One customer had no problems inserting the GSO Crayford. Another had to machine the flange down by about 1/16" to make it fit inside the AT1010 tube.
C8 - The original screws on this telescope are cheap sheet metal screws and need to be replaced by M4 screws
C9 - GSO96 connects to collar on tube; GSO112 can also be connected directly to the tube without the collar on older versions, although we do not have a date to define "older." It's just that many people have used the GSO112 in the past, but there have been a few recent reports (mid-2023) about this size no longer fitting into the Orion 120ST OTA tube. Again, as stated above - always measure before ordering!
C10 - Same as comment C9 above. Many recent Omni 120XLT tubes are a bit smaller and the GSO112 focuser no longer fits. Again - always measure your tube ID before ordering.