Focuser slop - any tips?

[BG]

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[Rob]

Its that 'Synta slop' thing again. Advice would be to fit a Nice Moonlite from FLO to be honest!.. worth every penny.

Rob

[BG]

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[Rob]

Its tough to advise on TBH. I have in the past regreased them and messed with the 4 screws on the underside.. (i.e tighten them) that can help a little.

Best of luck!.

Rob

[davemahoney1]

You can shim them with thin teflon strips at 120^o spacing. I have done this with the focuser on my 4.5" scope and it works quite well.

Dave.

[orion f6.3]

i always fine a cheap eyepiece in a good focuser is better than a good eyepiece a cheap focuser i would upgrade the focuser first. orion

[John]

I had a similar problem on a Skywatcher 200mm Newt. I managed to get rit of most of the slop by i) re-greasing the focuser, ii) carefully adjusting the 2 grub screws on top of the focuser in combination with iii) carefully adjusting the tension on the 4 screws underneath the focuser. It's not perfect but the slop is not noticable now unless you really look for it and the focus action is reasonably smooth. It's not as good as a Moonlight Crayford of course ....

John

[BG]

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[Rob]

i always fine a cheap eyepiece in a good focuser is better than a good eyepiece a cheap focuser i would upgrade the focuser first. orion

Yep... nail & head there!. Put you money into a replacement focuser (skywatcher/Anatres/Moonlight) and never look back

[Kai]

I went down this route with my C8 Sct and do not regret it one bit.

[geoff_k]

The guys are right. Although you can manage some sort of remedial surgery, in the end, the only option is a better focuser.

I bit the bullet and changed the Rack and Pinion focuser for a Crayford on my Newtonian. There is simply no comparison.

Geoff