Re: ATM Bushings

["Tom Krajci" <tkrajci@san.osd.mil>]

From: "Larry Davis" <Davis@digdat.com>

>    I have an equitorial mount that has brass bushings instead of ball
>bearings for the RA and Dec axles....

>...when the bushing is placed on
>the axle(bushing only) it turns freely but with the full mount in place
it
>tends to bind in certain areas.

Perhaps the bushing is somehow twisted or misaligned when placed in its
flange/housing?  If you can determine what direction it's
misaligned...you could remove material from either the outside surface
of the bushing, or the inner surface of the flange/mounting.

Hope this helps,
Tom Krajci
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
 

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