[mldee (Mike)]

I finally started my hypertune this morning. The erratic jumps in my PHD guiding was the final catalyst I needed.

Pulled it to bits today with lots of help from the various website articles and was no problem, no major dramas found. Good grease inside, clean, etc. It would appear my problem is in the worm drive bearing preload, as DEC worm drive appeared "lumpy" but the bearings themselves seemed OK.

Anyway, standard cleaning and reassembly happen tomorrow. New worm bearings, motor spur drive adjustment ( I had some noise) and complete clean relube of all others. I'll give a rundown on the rest of the job when I'm complete. Take some pics too.

Main purpose of the post is to ask if anyone want any pics or questions otherwise taken while I have it in pieces. FWIW, it's been pretty straightforward so far.