Atop the DEC-axis is the Vixen-style saddle, and for my telescopes, large and small. It and the worm-assembly were removed first...
Incidentally, the DEC worm-assembly is identical to that of the RA-axis, hence, the two are interchangeable.
It was a long, hard road leading up to the bottom of the DEC-shaft...
Its lock-nut has only two set-screws to back off before unscrewing. Note the plastic washer; history. The setting-circle has two of those, much thinner than all of the others, mired in the only instance of glue-grease that I uncovered throughout the entire mount-head, I'm happy to report, and they're for it as well.
Throughout the mount, otherwise, the grease used by the factory is very much like what I use to re-grease, but I cleaned it all out anyway. Did Synta finally get a clue?
What might we find here, within? I'm almost afraid to look...
More plastic washers, when will it end; drat. Oh, it has ended. What a relief, no more to be discovered.
The DEC worm-gear is shorter than that of the RA-axis; for reference.
The components of the DEC-axis were cleaned, de-greased, and stowed away within their own special, little box...
