Celestron mount SLT gears

[boulderbelly]

Hi folks   good evening to you all🙂

 plastic/ nylon gears on the  Celestron SLT mounts and general looking after & servicing  is it ok to apply some grease on the gear teeth?  and what type of grease would that be?  my cousin mentions silicone but he's not 100% sure🤔   any help would be most appreciated. 

 

 thanks

 

David

[doublevodka]

White lithium grease tends to be the most commonly used lubricant (I vaguely remember reading something about silicon creep and that it's not a good one to use) 

If you are going that far to take apart the mount etc I'd also highly recommend removing the current chinese grease / glue as the standard stuff used is very, very thick!

[boulderbelly]

 thats great Mate thanks for the advice👍👍👍