[joeman (Joe Turner)]

Hello,
I had some ticking on my RA during tracking. Instead of the gear/belt moving steadily, it LOOKED like it was moving in discreet movements....like it was having touble doing a step...and then backing off. Eventually it sorts itself out...


So, what I decided to do was re-lubricate the big gear for both RA (and DEC for good measure) and so far, I haven't seen the ticking.

I got this telescope in 2017...so been nearly 5 years without service. It did tick about 9 months ago, but I never had the time to look at it.

Is it really possible that this is the issue?

I used Lithium grease - is this a good grease to use? if not, what is beter?
I didn't pull the whole unit apart, I just applied a bit of lithium grease, then move RA, then applied a bit more grease, so on....