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Gonzothegreat wrote: just finished taking apart the mount now, the second taper bearing has some play but not as bad as this one. Definitely an issue there.
When you clean the bearings you'll notice they all have play and dont actually move that smoothly until you repack them with grease. But yeah, your tapered bearing in the video had a lot of play and looked like zero grease! Dont just grease them, pack them with as much grease as will go in. Theres a method for that I'm sure you can find on youtube. Cheers
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Lubuntu 16.04
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro Mount
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kookoo_gr wrote: how did you polish the gears?
With whatever I've found in the kitchen cabinet, used some Bio-mex surface cleaner and a cloth.
Nothing special there really.
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One of the four was almost locked, it took me a bit of force to get it going.
Now, one of them is clearly not happy...
so, I will replace all of them with some SKF bearings.
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Gonzothegreat wrote: This is not a rubber sealed bearing, it's metal sealed...
There’s a metal ring with a rubber trim. At least it was like that for mine. If it’s all metal. I imagine it’s unserviceable.
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