My NEQ6 mount wont budge at rates below 3, need help :(

[Quetzalcoatl72]

I had horrible crunching noises in both axis, I cleaned the gears and relubed, they sounded great, gears solid as a rock, turn smoothly. Now when I put them back all hell broke loose, the RA had no coffee grinder noise but DEC still does. I have 0 backlash on both axis but the mount wont budge at rate 2. I'm so lost and need help, feel like giving up hope.

[Stuart1971]

15 minutes ago, Quetzalcoatl72 said:

I had horrible crunching noises in both axis, I cleaned the gears and relubed, they sounded great, gears solid as a rock, turn smoothly. Now when I put them back all hell broke loose, the RA had no coffee grinder noise but DEC still does. I have 0 backlash on both axis but the mount wont budge at rate 2. I'm so lost and need help, feel like giving up hope.

You can’t tighten the gears so there is no backlash, all bears need some backlash to work, you have to find the balance, also you have to,take into account the colder temps at night this will cause binding if the gears are too tight, and yours obviously are...maybe you should have  posted this on the thread you already started about the noises your mount makes...as we are providing info on there for you.....🤔🤔

Edited March 20, 2021 by Stuart1971

[Quetzalcoatl72]

10 minutes ago, Stuart1971 said:

You can’t tighten the gears so there is no backlash, all bears need some backlash to work, you have to find the balance, also you have to,take into account the colder temps at night this will cause binding if the gears are too tight, and yours obviously are...maybe you should have  posted this on the thread you already started about the noises your mount makes...as we are providing info on there for you.....🤔🤔

I couldn't find out how to delete this topic when I realized that mistake as I thought that thread was deleted as I couldn't find it and I also noticed how stupid I was because after posting I did a little test and I felt dumb because the scope was moving at rate 2, it was just so subtle that I couldn't see it without making a marker to check movement. I'll continue to post progress on the other topic, a new video.