Question For Roland or anyone who may know?

Mounts have a rated load. My question is what is the axial load seen by the worm gear?

If for instance a mount is rated for 50 lbs, would the axial load against the worm be this rated 50 lbs or half that due to balanced loads or some fraction of this?

I just read your pdf on grease. Starting to think an amp meter mounted permanently is good idea.

Thanks for being there for us. Joe

The weight load on a mount is handled by the shaft bearings, not the worm gear. The bearings on a mount can usually take a very large load and they are not the limiting factors. The worm takes the torque load or the moment arm. If your scope is long and weighs 50 lb, it puts very much more force on the worm gear teeth than a scope that is short and weighs 50 lb.

Rolando