EQ5 Goto Kit - Glue Grease. Replace Or Not?

[Ian McCallum]

When I fitted the aftermarket EQ5 Goto kit to my EQ5 mount, a few months, I used the supplied glue grease.  My question is, is it worth replacing or should I just keep with it?  My though was that as the mount slews at high speed, that the gears and cogs would shed a loose grease, whereas the sticky stuff would remain on longer.  Does that happen in reality?

[malc-c]

Personally I don't know the grease supplied with the kit, but if its the same gunk that Synta use in the HEQ5 gearing then most tend to clean the grease off the cogs and use a good quality white lithium grease to lubricate the gears.  I don't think the gears spin fast enough to throw grease, unless the greasing was excessive.

Edited April 15, 2022 by malc-c

[Ian McCallum]

On 15/04/2022 at 09:34, malc-c said:

Personally I don't know the grease supplied with the kit, but if its the same gunk that Synta use in the HEQ5 gearing then most tend to clean the grease off the cogs and use a good quality white lithium grease to lubricate the gears.  I don't think the gears spin fast enough to throw grease, unless the greasing was excessive.

I believe it's the same stuff.🙄