+Graham Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 This poor CG5 was sent to me because it was very stiff. Stiff has to be the understatement of the decade. :wacko: It was soooo stiff I could not turn the DEC axis by hand with the clutch undone. The RA axis was not a lot better. On stripping the CG5 down I found this black mess that was supposed to be grease. It had actually 'set' in the worm and Pinion gears stopping them from turning freely. This stuff was so bad I had to use Petrol to get it off my hands. The grease on the Axis shafts themselves had also become like super glue. So if your mount is tight you may just have the same problem. More horror stories will be posted as they arrive at my workshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 i dont think i would call that grease, something much less pleasant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 i dont think i would call that grease, something much less pleasant I had much the same thought when I opened the mount up and got it on my hands. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Crikey - it looks like the stiffness has contributed to wearing down the gear. I have a similar problem on my HEQ5 - stiff dec and ra beginning to stiffen. Do they put the same gunge in SW mounts Graham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazz Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 That looks horrid, it looks like that butyl stuff for sticking repair patches on pond liner. :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Yuk! I hope mine wasn't like that inside Graham! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyboy1970 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 That looks like my old EQ5 when I stripped that down, horrible smell too like sump oil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 I reckon the chinese use refined raw panda poo for that grease, it sticks like the proverbial to the blanket and as you say graham is a devil of a job to clean off your hands. Thankfully my heq5 appears to have a lithium type grease in it and not this gunge and my cge now has teflon based grease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted November 7, 2013 Author Share Posted November 7, 2013 Crikey - it looks like the stiffness has contributed to wearing down the gear. I have a similar problem on my HEQ5 - stiff dec and ra beginning to stiffen. Do they put the same gunge in SW mounts Graham? Afraid so Kim, I would get it cleaned and replaced asap. That looks horrid, it looks like that butyl stuff for sticking repair patches on pond liner. :-/ Smells like a pond liner as well Yuk! I hope mine wasn't like that inside Graham! James Nope your safe James. That looks like my old EQ5 when I stripped that down, horrible smell too like sump oil! It does pong a bit doesn't it I reckon the chinese use refined raw panda poo for that grease, it sticks like the proverbial to the blanket and as you say graham is a devil of a job to clean off your hands. Thankfully my heq5 appears to have a lithium type grease in it and not this gunge and my cge now has teflon based grease :lol: you might just be right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 I had a TAL mount that went like that once. I had to strip it all down and relube it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CodnorPaul Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 That doesn't look good Graham - do I need to worry about my mount if it is new, or shall I wait a year or two until thinking about sending it down to you (i.e. when warranty is finished it is belt drive time - assume it will be OK until then)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Yeah your new NEQ6 will be all good Paul I am getting mine converted with graham-I got mine second hand. It is ok as is but I've been wanting to do the belt drive thing for a while and now it's possible wahoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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