SW ED80 squeeky focuser

[spacebloke]

Good afternoon everyone,

My new SW 80ED ds-pro arrived yesterday (hense the clouds ) and today I've been aligning the finderscope.

Most of the time when operating the focuser it is quite smooth but at time it lets out a 'Squeek' which it a little worrying.

Does anyone have any idea what this could be?

Cheers

[Stephen]

I don't have direct experience of this scope but ...

My Revelation focuser used to squeak under load. Once I adjusted the "flop" adjustment screws (not the tension or locking ones,) and tightened it up a bit - the noise went away.

[spacebloke]

All sorted, cheers Kh3dlar