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Old 25-11-2012, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by johnnyt123 View Post
Hi Mark. Thanks for that Valuable information.

I was considering using an alcohol based solvent to dissolve the grease but u suggest acetone. I believe acetone is a more powerful solvent.

What would you suggest to replace the existing grease with. Is there a thicker higher density grease that I can use?

Thanks again.
There was plenty of discussion about this issue over at Cloudy Nights SCT forum a few years ago. I have not checked lately.

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea...ard/nexstargps

One of the greases recommended was this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Synthetic-Grea.../dp/B000XBH9HI

It's pretty disgraceful that Celestron did not do a product recall over this.

gb.
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