Skytee 2 - Slowmo Adjustment

[wibblefish]

Finally got to try out my new Skytee in anger. Good mount, solid and smooth with the clutches disengaged holds nicely. Slow mo seems to work well but I have noticed that while the AZ responds immediately the Alt seems to take a 1/2 turn or so before it engages and feels “looser” somehow.
 

Is there a way of adjusting this to remove the “play”? 

[Robindonne]

Not sure about your mount, but this issue is a bit common i guess.  I had the same.  I solved it by loosening the part of the mount which has the wormwheel in it.  It had some room to adjust.  I loosened the part and pushed the wormwheel a bit more into the worm.   It solved the slow reactiontime as you described.

 

 

when this black lid was loosened, the arm, including the slomo control (worm), came a bit loose.  That way the worm ( behind the slomo knob) could be pushed to the worm wheel for a tighter connection.  

Edited November 20, 2021 by Robindonne

[vlaiv]

I think it can be adjusted much like most mounts out there.

Have a look at this thread - it contains doc with steps to strip down the mount - that will come in handy when you adjust worm / worm gear engagement:

 

[wibblefish]

Thanks, I am a total newbie at this sort of thing  Just don’t want to take a new mount apart and make it worse / not be able to put it together again!

Maybe I shall leave it till the summer then take my time when there is not much astro going on!