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Originally Posted by SB
Hi Ryan
Thanks for your reply.
The mount is not belt modded. I have seen the Rowan Astronomy belt mod from FLO which is tempting but would like to see what I can achieve with current setup first. Good suggestion to tighten up the worm gears. I’ll give that a go. Is your HEQ5 belt modded?
Thanks.
Chris
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Hey Chris,
Yeah, I modded my mount last year and I can’t express how much of a difference it makes. It’s really easy to do and money well spent. It doesn’t get rid of all of the backlash as there will always and should be a very minor amount in the worm drive but the worst of the backlash is in the spur gears that the belt mod replaces. Meridian weighting becomes a whole lot less nessesary then so you can almost have your OTA “balanced”.
Cheers
Ryan