I decided to rework my EQ6-R Pro because I had some struggle with my guiding and periodic tracking errors. I mainly used Joe's video as guidance but also studied Astroblokes & T W's videos (links below). Check out their vids if you are looking for a tutorial... my video is more of a showcase.
My biggest learnings are:
- don't use cheap Allen keys
- cable management had a significant impact on my guiding
- the new grease and bearings allow for way better balancing
- I had damage in my RA worm gear (probaly due to transportation with locked clutch)
- assembly can be done in 1-2 days but the backlash fine tuning is actually more work
- check out the "backlash tip" video in order to learn a clever rough-tuning-method for the backlash tuning, before you waste your nights
- everybody is saying "don't put the belts too tight", but for me they were too loose and created additional backlash, so have this in mind as well
(Note that only M81 and M101 are captured with the tuned mount... but I wanted to include some old pictures as well in order to keep the music going :D)
I documented everything here as well: www.astrobin.com/s2zekz/
Joe's tutorial: th-cam.com/video/9ORHFVO5Qv4/w-d-xo.html
Astrobloke: th-cam.com/video/1-jAGnAiuE0/w-d-xo.html
T W: th-cam.com/video/rEgkPA-Cd84/w-d-xo.html
backlash tip: th-cam.com/video/nICz9ZdxfHQ/w-d-xo.html
Music used:
Rick and Morty Soundtrack - Evil Morty's Theme [For the Damaged Coda]
Taiyou ni Hoero - Adventure Theme
Super Mario World Guitar Cover - Super Guitar Bros
Big Blue - Metal Jazz Cover
Get Very Rare Item - The Legend of Zelda
ArknightsOST Lee Invitation to Wine Event Theme
Halo Theme Song
Detective Conan Main Theme - The Last Wizard of The Century
Rick and Morty - Evil Morty's Theme | Epic Version