[rcheshire (Rowland)]

Hi. Does anyone have experience dismantling and/or servicing the Takahashi EM-200 series GEM.

I noticed that there are sticky spots in the drive RA and DEC that causes star trailing.

Swinging through by hand revealed a little bit of resistance, catching here and there.

After a 2 hour session last night, that went without a hitch, the DEC clutch was a bit ratchety also. Accumulated dust and grime I imagine.

I have past experience rebuilding car engines. But I don't want to pull it apart completely unless I need to. And I'm not in favour of the indiscriminate use of WD40.

Thanks