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Originally Posted by Multiverse
Hi Ryan, it was the Dec motor but it is now the RA drive motor (have now swapped the motors over) - it wouldn't give the torque anymore to drive Dec but drives RA ok. I may have previously overloaded the OTA with accessories (star-sense camera etc) that I have since removed. The telescope operates perfectly now but don't know how long this motor will now last (was noisy when run alone on workbench). As mentioned, can't see any numbers on motors unfortunately. Thanks for your offer, if you could get a close-up photo of yours it would be appreciated.
Grant
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I'll pull the mount apart tomorrow for you and take some pics for you for comparison. I'm not sure how your setup is clutched or what bearings or bearing surfaces it uses but I was constantly modifying mine to make it smoother. I found that once it became a little loose on the bearing surface for the RA , the screws that actually hold the motor protrude slightly and bind on the surface underneath putting excessive load on the rotation on that axis. Might be worth a look. Watch this space for pics tomorrow.....