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SteveBz

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  1. Hi Astrobaby (Sorry, I don'y know your real name).

    Recently I followed your excellent HEQ5 strip down and service guide, thank you. It solved my problem of severe backlash in RA which started after my HEQ5 took a rather nasty fall. However, I have a new problem. The RA has become stiff, so much so that balancing is a pain. The axis does not swing free. I am not able to understand what I have done wrong. My friends online told me to loosen the "collar", but again, I am too daft to understand what collar they are referring to. I'd be very thankful if you could please advice what I may do to set the axis swinging free again.

     

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      SteveBz

      Hi Astro Sathya, Namaste, Did you get this fixed?  I imagine it was the collar under the Polar Finder.  On my CG5, I can unscrew the whole polar finder including lens, three collimating screws, two black collars and thread assembly revealing a collar held on by two grub screws.  This can be loosened.

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