I'm well aware of the glue-like grease the Chinese used to install in the standard CG5 mounts. When Celestron began producing the CG5 Go-To version did this problem go away or is the newer GT version still coming with that horrible excuse for grease? I have an older version standard CG5 for my refractor but the original owner replaced the old grease with lithium grease. If I purchased a new CG5 GT what should I expect to see for lubriction? Am I going to have to do the Astronomyboy.com lubrication upgrade on a brand new mount? If so, I might as well look for a used one instead of going new.
CG5-GT grease?
Started by tomdisco, 10/02/2011 03:11PM
Posted 10/02/2011 03:11PM
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Posted 10/02/2011 07:52PM
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James DellaPenna said:
I'm well aware of the glue-like grease the Chinese used to install in the standard CG5 mounts. When Celestron began producing the CG5 Go-To version did this problem go away or is the newer GT version still coming with that horrible excuse for grease? I have an older version standard CG5 for my refractor but the original owner replaced the old grease with lithium grease. If I purchased a new CG5 GT what should I expect to see for lubriction? Am I going to have to do the Astronomyboy.com lubrication upgrade on a brand new mount? If so, I might as well look for a used one instead of going new.
There is no need to replace the grease on the CG5/ASGT.
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