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Just wanted to check if I take the polar scope out will I have to align again. Brilliant video.

hi and thank you for the video! Just a question: when you unthread the black cylinder of RA axis the clutch of RA should be tighten or not? thank you again!

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Thank you for solving my problem. After using it for 6 years, I guess that low temperature and dust caused it to become super tight. After your trick, smooth as a butter. I am preparibg it for remote observatory so I am doing much needed maintainance. This was a super helpul tutorial

Awesome video! I have the AZ-EQ6R Pro - as someone else commented they have. I’m very new to this whole hobby - I have the SVBony 550 122mm and a 30mm SVBony guide scope with the ASI 120mm-S. I only have a non-modified Canon DSLR to dork with for the time being. I’ll have to see how the AZ-EQ6R Pro is for these adjustments. Keep up the great work - you have a great teaching ability. I subscribed.

Great video, Thank you 👍

Thx Joe. I picked up a used EQ6R recently and just followed your steps. Works well. However, I also have an AZ-EQ6 R and I am curious if anyone has similar procedures for that mount. It’s a little different.

Need some astro! Where are your new videos?

Where are you?

Hey Astro Joe - thanks for this easy and effective tip for my mount.

"EQ6R-Pro Sticky Axes Quick Fix (No disassembly required!) [DIY]" by CZcams channel "Explore Learn Share"

A toothpick is perfect

New video plz

Can't you refill it from the mouth piece directly?

I think you will find that the 2 holes on the face of the black nut are for a 2 prong c spanner for adjusting it😎

I use 50% nicotine and got 500ml bottle for 65.00

Man...Skywatcher overtightens these so much

mine stops hitting after i refill them, anybody can help?

Hey dude😊 You're appreciated!! Phone works great for this info! Nice job.

Yea I wouldn't use a razor blade I've cut myself opening them up just on the plastic itself

I'm getting an EQ6-R. When reinstalling the polar scope, will it need to be realigned to the RA? Thanks for the easy way to fix the mount.

Sorry can you do that again? I was looking at the cute dude. Lol

Excellent video, thank you very much!

Just a comment: in mechanical systems, backlash can actually improve accuracy. In battle tanks, the weight of the main armament and the loading mechanism/breech behind it, enclosed inside the turret, there is always a bit of backlash. When aiming the main armament, we always finished our 'lay' in depression, meaning that we would elevate the gun slightly between firing the large rounds, and then depress the gun until it was back to our aiming point. This relied on mechanical backlash. Our results were excellent, and it improved our accuracy. I believe that the same principles can be used on telescope mounts. Letting the scope be slightly unbalanced, say to the tune of about three or four ounces, will ensure that the scope moves at the same rate on either side of the declination or RA scale. When it goes over the top, it will tilt the other way the distance of the mesh gap, but stay there, just as it did on the other side of TDC for the coordinates being used.

Help 😕. With the ra I can’t get that black ring to move one bit. I loosened all the screws and tried it with screws in the two holes and a stewdriver but no movement 🙁

Grand merci pour cette vidéo, j'ai du un peu adapter pour ma vieille monture EQ6 et batailler pour dévisser l'AD mais j'y suis arrivé et tout fonctionne à merveille.

Great, thanks for the tip, my 1st gen EQ6 works great now. I had to put a piece of inner tube around the AD crown so as not to damage the thread. Big thanks

Listen bro you did a horrible job at narrating and not explaining what needed to be done in this video. It doesn't match the title at all. I'm sure you can do better than this.

Listen bro you did a horrible job at narrating and not explaining what needed to be done in this video. It doesn't match the title at all. I'm sure you can do better than this.

Listen bro you did a horrible job at narrating and not explaining what needed to be done in this video. It doesn't match the title at all. I'm sure you can do better than this.

Listen bro you did a horrible job at narrating and not explaining what needed to be done in this video. It doesn't match the title at all. I'm sure you can do better than this.

Listen bro you did a horrible job at narrating and not explaining what needed to be done in this video. It doesn't match the title at all. I'm sure you can do better than this.

Listen bro you did a horrible job at narrating and not explaining what needed to be done in this video. It doesn't match the title at all. I'm sure you can do better than this.

I did this precidure and now it is more difficult if not impossible to balance the scope I wonder if there is a reason this not done at the factory.

Hey Joe, It's Asher! I'm really sorry for what happened a few months ago (The event was not very good anyway I was too nervous). I messaged you on Facebook, just wanted to ask you how you were doing. Hopefully we can still talk sometime in the future.

My EQ6-R Pro was reaaaally tight in RA when I got it, so much so that it was hard to find good balance, but I have a vey light setup on it so guiding hasn't been all that bad the past year I've used the mount. Finally got around to do this and following your very clear instructions, it was not difficult at all. It so much looser in RA after this adjustment which will make it a lot easier to find the correct balance. Thank you for this. Once these clouds disappear, I'll see how my guiding is.

I'd be willing to bet that if you put a scope on there that was closer to the mount's maximum capacity, you'd find you've introduced play into the system.

Thank you . Can you recommend a battery to run this mount. Ugh! Someone told me a Celestron power tank would work . Nope the plug is different. Why in the Haeckel do they not supply a power supply when you give them over $2,000????

Great information, keep posting I have the same mount 👍!! One one love from NYC

Great video!! My problem is I’m still having trouble unscrewing the black RA dial after turning the 4 grub screws at least 4 full turns. Using a strap wrench still won’t loosen it. Suggestions?

Great video! Doing this noticeably improved my guiding performance. I'm only about six months into the hobby and have been using the EQ6-R Pro for the last 2-3 months. Recently I've been having problems guiding my 127mm refractor. Following this tutorial has really helped, and it got me thinking about the importance of balance more generally. Why does a $2,000 mount ship with this kind of issue?

Thanks! This worked perfectly.

A super big thanks for this excellent tutorial

Are you using freebase OR salt nic to refill?

This is great, Joe! My declination was terribly tight, so I got in there and fixed…however, two of the 3 grub screws somehow became either stripped or just not grabbing the internal threads any more. So it won’t tighten back (just spins). I believe I can replace those grubs by taking off that whole housing (where the counterweight bar is)? A little nervous to do, but….

I can see the diffirace from here.

Joe, Great video. My mount was very stiff as well after it came back from a repair. The dec adjustment was easy. Moving the black smooth 'nut' when adjusting the RA proved to be a problem for me as well. I put a piece of gaffer's tape around the smooth surface and that allowed the rubber belt wrench to grip. Any residue from the tape was removed with a quick wipe with acetone on the cloth. I also found taking off the screw to adjust the angle of the mount in the back out gave me more room to get a better grip on the black 'nut'.

Awesome information thanks for the tip.