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Old 14-12-2009, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by cfranks View Post
My limits are 94 deg E, 95 deg W. Last night I Cold started with CWD properly aligned, Synched on a Rigel, and 'additional aligned' on a couple of others. Went to Fomalhaut and it ran into the RA motor! Crunch wasn't nice to hear. The worm now sounds under stress so it's maintenance time again.

Charles
Ouch! I doubt you'd damage the worm, but you can get a new gearbox. Likely the plastic backing rivets popped. Nothing that can't be fixed.
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