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Originally Posted by codemonkey
I've had my second-hand Sirius dome mostly assembled for a few days now, but I'm struggling to get it to rotate. It'll move freely for a bit, then the wheels will press into the lip on the wall and movement will become difficult. Obviously there's some eccentricity there, but how to solve? I've spent hours tapping walls in and out, loosening and tightening the walls and the dome bolts and have largely gotten nowhere, so I'm wondering if anyone out there has any tips.
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Had the same worry, loosen-tighten, tighten-loosen, then it would rotate and jam to a stop. I had thoroughly cleaned the wheels and track.
I used dish detergent first as a lub, I could remove it with water if it went wrong, loosened and rotated. It rotated easily, so I washed it out and replaced with silicon lub as per something I read somewhere (actually tightened the top row of bolts while a mate rotated the dome). Still going strong but starting to need a respray.
I'm not sure if this is the correct procedure but it worked for me.