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Originally Posted by RugbyRene
So I went to Bintel and can't have it serviced until the first week of Feb as Don is snowed under at the moment. That's fine. I'll wait.
Until then I have another question. When I'm polar aligning and adjusting the altitude bolt, it is really stiff to turn which makes fine adjustments very hard (I end up over-shooting as I need to apply additional force). When I take the load off the bolt moves smoothly. I weighed my scope and it comes in at 12kg, well inside the upper load limit of the mount which is 20kg.
Could I apply some lubricant to aid in making it easier to turn?
Rene
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I use lithium grease spray from Bunnings to lubricant every bolt on the mount including the base of the mount head and saddle
Been doing that for years
It does help your AZ and Alt bolts for polar alignment