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Heq5pro tune up
Hi
After a couple of months of disuse because of the bad night weather I fired up my HEQ5Pro last night. I roughly rechecked the polar alignment and then set it running on PHD guiding. I noticed that over several minutes the DEC guiding was drifting by up to about 5 pixels even though the correct pulses were being sent by PHD (I monitor these on leds). After about 5 pixels North I could hear the mount give a clunk and the DEC guiding would jump to about 2 pixels South and the above process would repeat itself. I think that after a couple of months of disuse my mount may need a service (couple of years old and not touched since new).
Could anyone point me to directions for simple service/lubrication procedures for the DEC drive (maybe the RA at the same time). I would prefer not to do a complete strip down - just as much as necessary.
Cheers Peter
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