Nice one Serge, if I still had my EQ5 I would have done the same.
Anthony
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Originally Posted by serge
I made some enhancements to my Skywatcher's EQ5.
The changes I made were to the worms' housings - to get rid of rubber O rings. The mount had a terrible backlash and it was taking about 5 seconds or so for the scope to start moving once the button on the handpad was pressed. I replaced O rings with ball bearings with 6 mm internal diameter. I had to drill bigger holes (see the red arrows) to accommodate the bearings and to allow the worm to be in the centre.
After the changes the backlash was almost gone - it still exists due to the backlash in the stepper motors' gears and I cannot do anything about that.
I have also followed astroboy's instructions for the rest...
Best Regards,
Serge.
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