¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHey there Chip.. ? Want to disassemble?? Absolutely not.. Too many questions of how tight, how loose, etc.. But I do love the design of the G11.. Elegant, yet simple, so I am not afraid to.. Especially with Michael a short drive away.. ? A ¡°Tweak¡± is what I vote for.. When I first got it, I dropped the Dec Axis onto the RA Motor hard enough to nick the Dec housing.. Sounded fine when I used it.. And it sounded fine after the first time I drove saddle into the RA axis.. Even though I was standing there watching for it, I didn¡¯t hit the stop button soon enough this time.. Both times, I essentially pressed the Servo Motor toward the worm.. ? Once my grease arrives, and I start trying to free up the Dec axis, I *assume* I can ¡°untweak¡± it with some adjustment somewhere.. ? But really, what I need to do is use it, as I keep learning little tidbits here and there that are all lightbulb moments.. Gemini 2 doesn¡¯t work anything like the LX200 Classic, though my latest ¡°AH HA!¡± moment ¨C The Losmandy PAC video ¨C makes me think that I might have a clue of how it works.. ? One thing I will need to address is the nose heaviness of the Triplet objective mated to a carbon fiber tube.. My Dovetail is too far back in the saddle.. I have room to adjust that quite bit, if I use a different mounting routine.. i.e. mount the plate / rings, then drop the OTA into the rings.. That¡¯ll be this weekend.. ? Definitely learn something new every time out.. I am hopeful that it¡¯ll all come together next time I try it.. ? Derek ? From:
Losmandy_users@... [mailto:Losmandy_users@...] ? ? Hi Derek, ? Hmm, it sounds like you may have damaged a gearbox. The older gearboxes used soft plastic studs that were heated and pressed to form a bad rivet which retained the plate which supported these tiny metal pins which the plastic internal gears would spin on. If you had a gearbox/motor strike with the clutches locked up you may have dislodged or tweaked a gearbox just enough to make noise but not have obvious external damage without removing the servomotor and gearbox. you will want to remove the metal cover, then remove the motor and gearbox to inspect the gearbox that was hit. If I were up there I would help you and Michael is traveling so you are sort of on your own, but we can help you virtually if needed. You really wanted to disassemble your new mount anyway didn't you?? ? Cheers/Chip |
