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Originally Posted by cfranks
I'm under the impression that Losmandy no longer sells the Maxon motors, having replaced them with the advertised High Torque Servo motors. It may be just semantics though as the motor shown looks identical to the Maxon. Some years ago, I replaced one of the standard motors with a Maxon for the RA drive. Slewing in RA just sounds smooth and effortless whereas the original DEC still makes a 'wahwah' racket. When I can save my pennies, I intend get a second motor.
Charles
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They do look the same. I'll call Bintel and ask them. I can relate to the noise you described hehe. My RA sounds pretty good, but the DEC is a bit noisy. I'd love the one piece block on the DEC also, but its a lot of money in one hit..
Erik