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Old 03-12-2011, 08:14 PM
Damian Couzoff (Damian)
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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Originally Posted by coldlegs View Post
Every now and then I lose my park position and the scope ends up in an odd position and the next day I would do the horizontal level/6hr business and then reset the r/a setting circle which would be out. Always thought it was out because it caught on a burr or something.
However last night when it happened I took a close look and found the r/a setting circle was exactly on “0”. This seems to imply both the r/a setting circle and associated encoder have moved relative to the correct scope position. Is this possible??
One other thing bothers me. If I loosen of the Dec latch and move the dovetail mount it feels like I'm moving a stepper motor. I can feel significant tiny jumps. Maybe I'm getting paranoid! It seems nice and smooth when the scope and weights are on.
I'm getting a bad feeling it will have to be torn apart. Any ideas?
Cheers
Stephen
Most likely the mount needs to be cleaned and regreased.If the mount has been overloaded,the bearings will eventually wear out.Like the polar scope,the setting circles are second rate,and l dont use both.
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