I've observed the same behavior with my g11g. I took it (mount RA head and mini) in for the software and firmware upgrade and asked Scott to check the SLW. He re-adjusted it and same behavior. I found two things. A really good polar alignment and balance makes the southward slope move closer to the ideal slope but it's not like the slope of my 2005 g11, which tracks the ideal slope very closely. With my g11g carefully adjusted there is some backlash at the point where north and South meet at a point which I attribute to the spring moving to the motor input prior to the worm moving. However, I get very similar tracking, according to phd2, with both g11g and g11. The reason is, in my opinion, the ra axis rarely goes the other way. Phd2 pointing error in RA and Dec is very close with both mounts. Try using the PA adjust tool in sharpcap. See if that reduces the error. I would advise against adjusting the SLW as it takes a lot of practice to get right. Brian valente said it took a number of tries with Scott to get it right. My two cents.
Chuck
On Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 01:50:11 PM PST, Ryan via groups.io <jamesryanc@...> wrote:
I sent my mount in within the past 6 months to get the L6 upgrade, ra/dec extension, and springloaded worm addong. I started noticing after this it is taking forever to get calibration and after East/West calibration it takes several minutes to clear the backlash ( I get an error that Ra/dec rates differ by unexpected amounts). I did a guide assist and measured my dec backlash which gave me this is the result.?
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I am not entirely sure how to fix this or go about adjusting the spring or the dec gears. Any advice is greatly appreciated. My initial guide calibration used to take 1-2 minutes maybe 5 at most. Now its 5-10 minutes. I get the error every time, I will discard the calibration 2-3 times before I can get a good calibration.?
