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Hi Jamie, You should not need such high torque, it could damage something. The mount is mostly aluminum, easy to warp it. See the nice 3 handle clutch knobs that Losmandy sells. Hand tight on those

Based on his description it seems to me he has a rough spot in the gear that's making the motor stall. I just finished cleaning my mount and had the same issue, first on the DEC motor, then on the RA

Hi Jamie, The likely problem is just grease on the translucent white disc used for the clutches. Working on a clean towel on a large flat surface you just remove the counterweight shaft, DEC clutch

If you have a Classic then it is easy to check where the drive power gets lost. My first suggestion is to check the 3-piece Oldham coupler between the gearbox output and the worm gear, this part has

OK, looks like I'm good to go. I'm also going to give the alternate clutches a try, worth a shot. As far as how tight they should be I've been just slowly tightening till there is enough resistance in

Dave, Do you have a classic G11 Gemini 1? What I mean by this is do you have the straight line drivetrain with the servos and gearboxes hung out in the breeze. The current tucked-in servos change the

The new(er) clutch disk material was introduced around 2015, so i'm sure yours is up to date

Can anyone please advise, had the 250mm newt on my G11, got to grips with the new camera, managed to align 2 stars for the first time, was having a smashing evening and bam, the RA has jammed up, the

Not that old. Got to my house?Jun 24, 2019 to be precise. For now I'll look at cleaning the clutch. Jamie

Hi Jamie how old is your GM811? we did switch to a newer clutch material that was "stickier" but it was a few years back (i'm checking on exactly when) I'd also recommend checking the clutch disk

I'm in the Santa Cruz mountains, California.

Where are you based? I can supply clutch discs in the “stickier” material in Europe. If you’re in USA, then Michael Herman is the guy! David Sent: 21 September 2020 21:26 To:

My DEC seems to need quite a bit more tightening that it used to. I seem to remember that there was a "imaging" version of the clutch that was sticker? Is that right? I might want to switch to that

Hi Kofi Welcome, and that's a good idea to ask the user group I have been a losmandy user for about 12 years, with a G11 and G11T. G11 is my favorite mount in the price range (my other favorite

Dear Kofi, You're familiar with the old adage "you get what you pay for"; however, judging from my own experience, the quality of Scott Losmandy's workmanship far exceeds the price of his

Thank you David, Kofi

Pretty much everyone here has a G11 or another Losmandy mount – we wouldn’t be members of this mailing list otherwise D. Sent: 21 September 2020 15:43 To: [email protected] Subject:

I have watch a very impressive documentary aboutthe Losmandy G-11 Equatorial Mount. I am tempted to buy I will like to know if anyone here have ever used it and will the person recommend

I have both the Bluetooth and the WiFi version. I’ve had issues with the Bluetooth connecting to my Apple devices, so now use the WiFi all the time as there’s not an issue connecting

Or you could use the McLennan equivalent. They have are steel back and front.