[luka]

I stripped and cleaned the DEC axis of my EQ5 as it was getting "sticky" and greased it with superlube (lithium grease with PTFE as recommended on several places). The DEC axis is much, much smoother now but there is considerably more resistance to turn it compared to the RA axis (which I did not touch yet).

I did put lots of grease on the moving parts of the DEC axis which may have been a mistake. Or is the resistance to turn normal to expect because the grease is thicker?

To rephrase the question, how much grease to use on the cleaned mount parts? Is a thin film enough?

Thanks in advance
Luka