+Graham Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Thought I would share this as a warning to all you good people who want to strip down their mounts but do not know quite what they are doing. A customer sent me his HEQ5 after trying to replace the glue Skywatcher like to call grease. After slackening off the grub screws on the lower Dec bearing cover he unscrewed it. Unfortunately he did not realise he should have removed them completely as a safety precaution. The net result was he wound off the thread from the axis shaft thus all but destroying the mount. The result. My solution was to manufacture a threaded collar of the correct thread. I very carefully machined the damaged thread off the axis shaft. I then pressed the new threaded collar onto the axis shaft with the aid of some Locktite. The finished result. After rebuilding the mount and setting up the backlash he now has a fully serviceable HEQ5 again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Nicely recovered Graham, that was a right mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eddy Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Nice job Graham that tripod looks a bit weak for such a mount o_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kheldar Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Nice save What's going on with those float ends?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Yes, good work graham. It's a good job no one with an azeq6 does anything that daft! Lol. Jd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 a warning to all. if it ain`t broke don`t fix it L.O.L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Well recovered Graham. The EQ3 is the same as I found out a few years ago almost to my cost. I realised things weren't undoing as they should have and did a little investigation to find not only the grub screws must be removed but there was one lurking in the RA circle locknut hole, sneaky little blighter that was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Smashing job Graham - well done! I'll bet he was relieved when you told him you'd saved it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted October 18, 2013 Author Share Posted October 18, 2013 Nicely recovered Graham, that was a right mess. Thanks Martyn. Just a bit. Nice job Graham that tripod looks a bit weak for such a mount o_O Thanks Eddy. The tripod is an old one I have kicking about here. Nice save What's going on with those float ends?! Thanks Stephen. He has manual knobs fitted to the float ends so he can use it without power for visual stuff. I have turned up some Aluminium heads to replace the broken plastic ones that were fitted. Going to knurl the outer edge and finish them off over the weekend. Yes, good work graham. It's a good job no one with an azeq6 does anything that daft! Lol. Jd :lol: a warning to all. if it ain`t broke don`t fix it L.O.L. Too true Rob. Well recovered Graham. The EQ3 is the same as I found out a few years ago almost to my cost. I realised things weren't undoing as they should have and did a little investigation to find not only the grub screws must be removed but there was one lurking in the RA circle locknut hole, sneaky little blighter that was Thanks Phil. Yup they do tend to hide things don't they Smashing job Graham - well done! I'll bet he was relieved when you told him you'd saved it..... Thanks Kim. I think relieved is an under statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eddy Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Ah phew about the tripod I just had images of an 8 inch trying to be put on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted October 18, 2013 Author Share Posted October 18, 2013 :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teslar Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 A good reason for using a professional if your not technically minded well done Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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