The Skywatcher AZ EQ AVANT TUNE UP
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- Опубликовано: 18 апр 2020
- The basic AZ-EQ mount has proved it's metal under a few uses since I've owned it.
However there is something that I need to address, to you all and will help solve this huge problem I'm experiencing with this mount and make this budget Astronomy starter mount to perform better for tracking and easier use for observing the night sky.
Please everyone, if you do own this mount, please follow the video and do this tune-up. (unless the mount is still under warranty then I advise you all not to under take this repair).
However please do not panic if this mount applies to you, this tune-up is achievable. And if you find this info valuable to you.
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Product item links:
RVO Eyepiece Maintenance Tool
www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/...
Geoptik Equatorial Mount Grease Kit
www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/...
Skywatcher RA Motor Drive For StarQuest & AZ-EQ Avant Mounts:
www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/...
Rother Valley Optics:
www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/
Skywatcher 114PS Skyhawk AZ-EQ Avant starter telescope
www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/… 
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Excellent !!! I'am a french user of a Starquest mount and i thank you for this very instructive vidéo very usefull for me to tune up my mount. Clear skies for you ! Pierre
Glad it was helpful! This is very basic kit, but what you do with it is truly amazing!!!
Very thorough. Everything I’ve ever purchased needed a work over on grease. Great video. That’s a cool mount. Looks very user friendly.
thanks martin, i have one of these mounts and it has way too much play is some areas and very tight in other areas, i will strip it down soon and sort it out, awesome vid, keep up the great work
Not problem, Good luck on the tune-up
I don't even own one of these mounts but I still watched the entire video. I have an AZ-GTi mount and I'm thinking some of these techniques might come in handy one day.
Thanks for watching, the eyepiece method is good to get Polaris for polar alignment, but it is time consuming and fiddly to get grips with, but it works. Another method is to try the guidescope, using Polar align, which is much more accurate but it means you need a laptop to connect to a guide camera. ruclips.net/video/vW0y8L2Z66w/видео.html
Dear Martin, thanks for this. Did it this afternoon, and it really smoothed things out. I think I can now really enjoy my 4 inch Mak on this. The only thing I couldn’t manage, was loosening the retainer rings on the worm gears. They just didn’t come loose. But that is not much of an issue!
Great job!
Great in depth and informative video as always Martin, thank you.
Thanks Small Optics, hopefully this video will help so many people who own this mount. Please share this video out, the more we need to report on this, hopefully Skywatcher will do something about this and rectify this problem quickly as possible
@@MPAstro consider it done pal.
g`day martin great video on the mount tune up .. did you look into getting better bearings for the ra and dec the ones in the mount been dry and looking a bit average in quality. i think i would get a beer and look into it on the net for a hour and maybe find some better nylon wasters material or something else like teflon (like you can use on dobsonian mount) and good quality bearings but that all cost money and the way you have done it. it cost nothing but the users time and a little grease so for the budget /entry astronomer. its ideal fix to do it your way.. maybe its a opportunity for one of the telescope shops to put a kit together with replacement super tune parts
thanks for posting this video mate
cheers
james D
How can you track each celestrial body? I mean how do you know exactly where to point your telescope?
Thanks Martin! My SkyMax 102 with Avant mount is two years old but has been used only a few dozen nights so far, so lubrication of the Avant should be fine. However, when earlier today I installed the new Motor Drive, I also noticed that the RA movement was too tight for it. So I watched your video and learnt just how to loosen a bit the internal RA friction. I followed your tests: it should be tight enough so that the mount (with no telescope or counterweight) does not rotates under its own weight, but free enough so that it does rotate freely if the counterweight (always with no telescope) is attached. By the way, I did not have the clockmakers' two-pronged tool, but I made do with two filed-out common iron nails and a pair of long tweezers. It all took about 15 minutes. Thanks again!
[Please note that I do have a webpage on the SkyMax 102 Avant, www.braybaroque.ie/photo/mak102/ , with all sorts of advice on accessories and procedures for the beginner. This said, I am a simple amateur, far away from your level of expertise!]
Thanks J. Claudio for your input, I'll check out your website definitely!!! Thanks for watching and clear skies!!