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Old 17-01-2016, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by peter_4059 View Post
Or intentionally misalign it slightly so it is always correcting dec in one direction.
Would that be an Altitude or Azimuth misalignment?

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Originally Posted by Tony_ View Post
Hello Colin,

I have a CGEM mount with a similar problem (although it doesn't have belts). In my case the backlash is in the motor itself. My autoguider can switch off dec control in either direction. I always switch off one direction so that it only corrects for drift - this solved the backlash problem.

Regards,
Tony.
I should probably double check that it isn't the motor causing the issue. It is an issue that only started AFTER I decided to strip the mount down and clean it so I know it is something that I have caused, now I want to make it go away
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