EQ2 what's this bit?

[bendiddley]

Anyone know what this bit is for? It moves up and down and is a bit wobbly, but that's about it, not sure what its meant to do, any ideas?

[johnfosteruk]

It's a clutch for the multispeed RA control, it you don't have that you can ignore it.

[LukeSkywatcher]

29 minutes ago, johnfosteruk said:

It's a clutch for the multispeed RA control, it you don't have that you can ignore it.

I was thinking the very same.

[johnfosteruk]

fools rarely differ 

[bendiddley]

Cheers. Yeah I've got an RA motor. Just tested it out. I could change the speed of the motor from the hand controller but still couldn't see how the clutch did anything.

[johnfosteruk]

You use the lever to engage/disengage the motor for manual control by pushing it away from/towards the large wheel on the back of the RA axis.

That's assuming you've got the fancy motor that fits on that side, rather than the economy one that fits to the other side of the mount.

[bendiddley]

Only fancy ones for me  That makes sense now, I've learned something new!