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Originally Posted by barees63
I think it's usually referred to as "Synta-Glue"..
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The other name that is often used to describe it is "Synta snot"
Just about every focuser and mount that comes out of china ( and a few others supplied from supposedly reputable manufacturers) comes out lubed with this "stuff". The best mod you can do to a mount or focuser with this problem is to strip it down, try to get all the stuff off (I refuse to call it grease) and relube it with a good quality lithium grease. Mind after doing that you might find a bit of slop that wasn't there before.
Tolerances on some of these mounts are a bit hit and miss.
If anyone want to try a clean out and relube of there eq mounts try this astroboy site. It's for the CG5 but is pretty transferable to most eq mounts
http://www.astronomyboy.com/cg5/ and follow the "preparation" link at the bottom of the page