Fitted a used EQ5 GOTO Synscan kit to my Vixen GPD2. Dec is GREAT, RA is a problem.
No matter how I adjust the gear play, the RA motor GROANS loudly - like stripping gears - before it starts to slew. It stops BEAUTIFULLY, with no over-travel. Touching the RA slew buttons again ellicits groans and crunches.
To top that off, when slewing with the buttons, it slews and stops. Try reversing it AFTER stopping using the other RA key, and it keeps slewing the same direction! I noticed if you put a little weight on the motors as they turned, they reversed direction! I am not even sure it's tracking sidereally - I put markers on both RA gears, and so far, after an hour, no movement. CHEESE and WHISKERS! It ticks like a homemade bomb about to go off
Any fix for this? Or buy a new RA motor from Tasco? BLOODY frustrating - probably go back to starbook at this rate