PRICE DROP ONE DAY ONLY- skywatcher eq5 pro goto mount
Great mount has served me well in learning astrophotography. Selling due to upgrade and no longer needed. Was getting great guiding results from this mount
Comes with original tripod. Manuals, hand controller, motor power box and cables 2x weights.
ATTN Moderators
If I've gone outside the scope of the rules for sales I apologise but since the interested buyer mentioned bearings I just thought I'd throw in a possibility if they decide to purchase the mount and would be interested in upgrading it for a little enhanced performance.
I will make another thread on the upgrades after Ive put it through it's paces anywhere but my lounge room where I've currently ran tests with a GSO 8" F5 OTA on the mount.
Re mention of Bearings: I know it's not pertinent to the sale and apologise for any unwanted/non permitted reply but I have the identical mount and I just swapped out the 6007 roller bearing on the RA axis for a 32007 tapered roller bearing and replaced worm gear bearings (628ZZ) and while it was a lengthy procedure waiting for an engineer to machine the RA housing out an extra 4mm depth for the tapered roller bearing it's made a heck of a difference to the smoothness of the operation. Night trials tomorrow night weather permitting.
The RA bearing axis has both axial and radial loads depending on the position of the scope so I think/hope it's improved the overall mount.
Just throwing this in here as a "can be done on these mounts if you know an engineer who can do the machining and understand the refurbish process".
My old EQ5 PRO has NEVER been so smooth or quiet.
I also replaced PET plastic shim spacers with PTFE (Teflon 0.5mm shim material).
Hint: if you do these mounts with PTFE shims, cut the 0.5mm stuff with a good compass point, just remember unlike me, cut the outer radius first.
Scoring round and round till it's through.
Overall, they are a great mount for the price!
Last edited by Leo.G; 18-01-2023 at 02:47 AM.
Reason: Feeling guilty
Thanks Leo, agree these are great little mounts and has served me very well. This is very smooth in its operation on its original bearings. Only reason for sale is I wanted heavier payload for future and belt drive for long tracking in Western NSW beautiful clear sky's to get even deeper. Was going to keep as a spare travel kit as my big mount is on pier in my observatory. The weight I had on this EQ5 was 5-6kg. Can assist in freight and may be able to come up with deal if I arrange freight for any perspective party.
Had sold but buyer pulled out due to unforeseen circumstances. I am offering the same deal to you all $700 pick up at the Sans Hospital on Monday at 3pm. This Monday 23/1 only offer not available after this day. Ad will be removed for sale.
Last edited by Jmr; 21-01-2023 at 01:37 PM.
Reason: Additional information re sale
