Slow Motion Adjustment Cables??

[Firehawk97]

I have a Celestron Powerseeker 127EQ and I notice that the Right Ascension and the Left Declination slow motion cables only adjust very little and then stop. Now I am very new to this so maybe this is normal. It looks as if there is more of the worm gear but it will not adjust. Any thoughts????

[newman]

Are you sure you've actually locked both the RA and Dec axis? If not, it sounds like a fault in the mount itself. Did it always behave like this or is it a recent development? Did you just buy it new?

[MadAlbert]

Assuming this mount has motors, don't you have to undo the rings that secure the drive and tighten the clutches?

[Firehawk97]

Are you sure you've actually locked both the RA and Dec axis? If not, it sounds like a fault in the mount itself. Did it always behave like this or is it a recent development? Did you just buy it new?

It has always done this. I purchased the scope used. I have read a lot of reviews of this scope having a very poor mount. I thought maybe it was an issue of the mount not being tight. I have tried tightening it but still the same.

[Firehawk97]

Assuming this mount has motors, don't you have to undo the rings that secure the drive and tighten the clutches?

No motors here!! Its all manual.