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Originally Posted by bartman
Hi Brett,
Bummer no extra pics....
However;
The sevice to get them to do it means you/I would have to ship it to the US? is that right?
I have a NEQ6 (bought a few months ago), but I dont like the way my mount "feels" when I move it in either dec or ra. sometimes it squeeks moving dec when ra is in/on the east side ie counter weight shaft is pointing west ( does that make sense?)....hard to explain... tis like its not lubed properly...
So yep I spent a lot $$$ on a mount a few months old, but as you said, it might be the worker at the factory.
So would it be worth spending the extra 2-300 dollars for a refurb?
Thanks,
bartman
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Bart
Looks to me like your "preload" is too heavy/tight - I had played around setting it right for my first unit and by reading and getting the gist from the doco (see my other post) understood what had to be done and got it right after a while by fiddling with the different tensions and I can tell you that it is best that the original grease be removed (washed mine with some solvent/degreaser) and regrease the whole lot of bearings!
Even my current EQ6Pro - what a shocker! - has very little grease and there are definitely QA problems with it because the grease on the two tapered bearings I had a quick look at was very uneven; ie there were some part that were dry without grease and lotsa on another section!
Hence my decision to hypertune it now - I have heard it mentioned that if ain't broken don't fix it! - and I was hoping this new EQ6Pro was going to be better - but the luck of the draw soon put paid to that and I spent the dollars - to be honest, I wouldn't even bother with doing anything to it if it did give me satisfactory performance for astro-imaging but I have not had a decent shot yet since mid-winter last because I was trying to get a silk purse out of a sow's ear!!
Cheers
Bill