Thanks guys for the replies both pos and neg. I am waiting on a reply from Synta in Vancouver as to what to do next, that won't invoke my warranty from TASCO.
I spoke to Rob there today and he too, would like to know what is going on and how to strip down the Dec housing without damaging anything.
I've built dozens of EQ mounts both small and large and can tell you that worm/wheel pressure is very important. Why do you think the Paramounts and other pro mounts use spring-loaded worms. This keeps an even pressure for meshing. In the proposed Pro SW mount, it will have this and many other pro features.
Anyway, in re to my EQ8 Dec problem it's nothing I can't fix, but if it's damaged due to bad workmanship, I'll get a new mount but not before I get inside and see what caused this binding.
I'll report back here when I'm into it.
I've got a Titan 50 and an EQ6 and a 500kgs payload EQ mount, I built 33 years ago and it still gives spot-on tracking. Size does matter, folks.
