Skytee 2 worm gear adjustment

[yeoman102]

I have a Skytee 2 mount. How do you adjust the worm gears to remoave the free play. I am a complete novice so help needed!

[ampleamp]

I had some free play develop in my Skytee2. It was easily sorted out by stripping back everything at the clamp ends which eventually reveals some grub screws on the axes. Tightening these sorted the problem.

I am a bit rushed and this is a rubbish explanation but I have some pictures I took at the time (not least in case I got in a mess trying to put it back together again) but it really is a very straight forwards process. It is also worth cleaning up and regreasing the Teflon washers when in there. I will find the pictures over the weekend and post them up for you.

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[damnut]

I would be interested also in seeing ytour pics, had problems with the original skytee but not with the skytee ii (yet)!!

[nightfisher]

Any info is always helpful.....the skytee 2 is like marmite....you love it or hate it, i rather like mine 

[damnut]

Thank heaven you did not say jaffacakes Jules

[yeoman102]

I had some free play develop in my Skytee2. It was easily sorted out by stripping back everything at the clamp ends which eventually reveals some grub screws on the axes. Tightening these sorted the problem.

I am a bit rushed and this is a rubbish explanation but I have some pictures I took at the time (not least in case I got in a mess trying to put it back together again) but it really is a very straight forwards process. It is also worth cleaning up and regreasing the Teflon washers when in there. I will find the pictures over the weekend and post them up for you.

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Thanks. The free play is on the azimuth slow motion gears. Altitude is fine as I took the end plate off and tightened the grub screws on the  black bit underneath. I cant see how to get at the  azimuth gears.

Clive

[nightfisher]

I had my skytee ut last night and for the first time i noticed it has a lot of movement in the azimuth axis so i will be looking at this.

This may explain why i did not get on with the 200p on this mount

[ampleamp]

sorry guys, had a bit of a family issue over the weekend so my reply is inevitably delayed; I will come back to this when get a bit more time and opportunity

[ampleamp]

a little late (sorry!), the pictiures and some short words about when I stripped down my Skytee2 - hope it answers some questions

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/249023-skytee2-basic-strip-down/