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Old 22-03-2010, 12:00 AM
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Exfso (Peter)
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G11 guiding help needed

My G11 decided to have a guiding hissy fit at Snake Valley and as a result I got zero imaging done. So I have totally stripped the mount cleaned all the bearings, worm and gears and re lubed. Set up both worms and gear with feeler gauges and still it is carrying on. RA looks fine, but Dec is the pits. I have confirmed I have slight movement between worm and gear, as I thought it may have been too tight and binding. When I lubed the worm and gear, I gave the whole gear a complete turn each way and there was no binding at all. This has me stumped.

Have just parked the mount and CWD is spot on, but the scope instead of pointing South is pointing East. Something is seriously amiss with the dec.
Any ideas on the one chaps, I am tearing my hair out....
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