Well tonight I tried to do several things, one was to try once again with the SCT laser collimator and it just got way worse, so I put it back to where it was. The other thing that I did was install the Peterson EZ clutch kit into the LX200. I purchased the clutch kit before Christmas, but never seemed to find the time to install it. Mind you it was out of sight and therefore out of mind.
I found the instructions really easy to follow, but you need to read each step carefully. Make sure that you have plenty of clean towels, there is a lot of cleaning to do. I used ez cleanup for the solvent, alcohol is not really needed.
Once, it is done the clutch is a lot tighter than before and needs little tightening with the dec knob to be stiffer than before.
Would I recommend this to other LX200? Absolutely. This gives a broader range of ability to the dec clutch. Can't wait to use it. One of the benefits I can see is that if you release the clutch the OTA will not go crashing down when the counter weights are not set.
Go for it and do it.
