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At one time I used Blue Loctite on the grub screws and quickly regretted it.? It wicked onto the shafts.? It took me an entire weekend to clean stuff up. Several years ago I replaced the grub

Are you all good to go again?

Use a drop of low torque thread adhesive on those darned Oldham grub screws.? Loose grub screws are one of the most common issues and cause a lot of grief to the uninitialized.? If you are having

Hello Francisco, Do not get me wrong, I firmly believe at the under $5000 budget Losmandy makes the best mounts in their class.? I owned a G11T for a year.? I thought I wanted two rigs,? it was

Hi- I was told that it would be OK to let the group know I have a G11 mount/tripod for sale.? But rather than overextend my site privileges, I'll leave it to you to contact me privately or see the ad

I believe it was the battery

Hi Francisco, Welcome to the group.? Weight limits are SO problematic. To start it's barely a relevant measure, but marketing people had to find something simple they could use in their ads to out

Hello Francisico Congratulations on your G11G and Welcome to the group. I am routinely? imaging at <1 AS RMS on G11 with 53 lb counterweight for my 10 in RC at 2040 fl using OAG. Balance is critical

Once I changed to the Michael Herman high friction discs I never went back. They really prevent slippage and don't come loose like the plastic ones, so you don't have to keep cranking down for them to

Thanks Brendan & Brian. I've contacted Michael Herman for repairs. He's had my Gemini-1 a couple of times before. So he's familiar with my unit. I'm shipping the Gemini-1 and Michael's 17-volt

I was an early proponent of Michael Herman's high friction clutch discs and I use my Losmandy G11G and GM8G mounts for both imaging and visual. But if you are a dedicated imager and will never use the

Francisco, a 50 pound imaging payload is not really pushing the limit for guided imaging on a G11G mount, not at all.? My C14 fully loaded with double dovetails and Moonlite focuser and the imaging

Francisco With any luck it will be clear enough tonight to do a PHD2 guiding run.? I adjusted the RA worm to ring gear spacing and I want to make sure I didn't mess things up.? I also found some

and i will be ordering a heavy duty mount from losmandy sometime next month, i dont see myself putting the 12" on there with the lightweight tripod. One more thing, the meade SCT OTA bare weighs

Hi Jim! Im the prospective buyer, im really appreciative of the care youre putting in to this sale, seriously. . I Just deforked my Meade LX200 12" and its on a losmandy dovetail i got from losmandy

Michael H's friction disks are made from what looks to me to be high temp automotive gasket material. They are very similar to the system used by Celestron on the Nexstar one armed mounts. These again

How well a mount can be guided is complicated and almost all of the factors are beyond the mount itself.? Mount mechanicals, autoguider app tuning and configuration, primary imaging camera pixel size

Thanks Joe and Chip.? I average around 0.8 to 0.9 arc-seconds RMS using a 200mm FL guide scope and ASI120mm camera in the city with a 25 pound imaging setup.? I rarely get any better than 0.75.? I

Jim, The stated imaging payload of the G11G is 60 pounds.? Many people with heavier and longer scopes are imaging on a G11G with good results.? My friend is imagining with a 10" f/8 Newt that is

Is the G11G 60 pound spec for visual?? I usually use 2/3 or 3/4 of the stated load capacity for the imaging spec. ------------------------ Jim W Phoenix, AZ. USA Losmandy G11G w/ L6, NINA 3.0 /