Hi, I'm hoping someone here could help me figure out what's going on with my rig. It tracks ok without the camera/crayford focuser attached. It also tracks ok when the scope with heavy camera/gear attached is pointed east (mass working with the drive due to gravity) but not west (mass working against the drive due to gravity).
My mount is a celestron dual fork mounted "classic 8" SCT basic clock drive, circa 1994. Single axis clock drive. I've recently cleaned and regreased the internal setting circle rings and they slide nice like they're supposed to now and don't hang up. The small motor gear and big gear both look ok, not boogered up etc.
Is the motor just getting weak? Do I need some kind of counter weight for looking at the western sky? Or just a newer drive? Are there more gears inside the motor assembly that might need greased?
Thanks in advance!
Andrew
My mount is a celestron dual fork mounted "classic 8" SCT basic clock drive, circa 1994. Single axis clock drive. I've recently cleaned and regreased the internal setting circle rings and they slide nice like they're supposed to now and don't hang up. The small motor gear and big gear both look ok, not boogered up etc.
Is the motor just getting weak? Do I need some kind of counter weight for looking at the western sky? Or just a newer drive? Are there more gears inside the motor assembly that might need greased?
Thanks in advance!
Andrew
