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Horizontal Tracking Jams

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Posted by John Gibb on August 29, 2003 07:13:35 UTC

I've recently bought a secondhand Nexstar 114GT (oh no, I hear you say), but it's jamming on occassions when it's turning horizontally. After putting a light pressure horizontally on the telescope it again begins to turn.

Has anyone experienced this ? Is it the motor or the mount that would be at fault ?

I was thinking of disassembling the mount and lubing it with WD-40. Anyone have any experience of this.

Cheers,

John

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