{"id":2018,"date":"2021-04-05T16:21:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T16:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/?page_id=2018"},"modified":"2021-05-02T15:23:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T15:23:11","slug":"adjusting-the-altitude-thrust-bearings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/help\/rebuilding-the-skywatcher-heq5orion-sirius-mount\/adjusting-the-altitude-thrust-bearings\/","title":{"rendered":"Adjusting the Altitude Thrust Bearings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1978 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/heq5header.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"915\" height=\"155\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #181a3d; width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>6 &#8211; Synta HEQ5 -Adjusting the Altitude Motion<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">My own HEQ5 suffered from excessive play in the altitude bearings. Even with the altitude bolts are done up tight the mount could still rock slightly to and fro.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Here&#8217;s how to eliminate play the altitude bearings of the HEQ5\/Sirius mount.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #181a3d; width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Setting the altitude thrust bearings<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">#envira-gallery-2019 img{border-radius: 10% 10% 10% 10%}<\/style><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-2019\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-captioned envira-default-gallery envira-lazy-loading-disabled envira-layout-mason\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div class=\"envira-loader\"><div><\/div><div><\/div><div><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div data-envira-id=\"2019\" data-gallery-config='{\"type\":\"default\",\"layout\":\"mason\",\"columns\":\"3\",\"gallery_theme\":\"captioned\",\"justified_margins\":1,\"justified_last_row\":\"nojustify\",\"lazy_loading\":1,\"lazy_loading_delay\":500,\"gutter\":10,\"margin\":10,\"image_size\":\"default\",\"square_size\":false,\"crop_width\":640,\"crop_height\":480,\"crop\":0,\"crop_position\":\"c\",\"additional_copy_0\":0,\"additional_copy_title\":0,\"additional_copy_caption\":0,\"additional_copy_title_caption\":0,\"additional_copy_0_mobile\":0,\"additional_copy_title_mobile\":0,\"additional_copy_caption_mobile\":0,\"additional_copy_title_caption_mobile\":0,\"gallery_column_title_caption\":\"title_caption\",\"gallery_column_title_caption_mobile\":\"title_caption\",\"additional_copy_automatic_0\":0,\"additional_copy_automatic_title\":0,\"additional_copy_automatic_caption\":0,\"additional_copy_automatic_title_caption\":0,\"additional_copy_automatic_0_mobile\":0,\"additional_copy_automatic_title_mobile\":0,\"additional_copy_automatic_caption_mobile\":0,\"additional_copy_automatic_title_caption_mobile\":0,\"gallery_automatic_title_caption\":\"0\",\"gallery_automatic_title_caption_mobile\":\"0\",\"justified_row_height\":150,\"description_position\":\"0\",\"description\":\"\",\"random\":\"0\",\"sort_order\":\"0\",\"sorting_direction\":\"ASC\",\"image_sizes_random\":[],\"isotope\":true,\"lightbox_enabled\":0,\"gallery_link_enabled\":1,\"lightbox_theme\":\"base_dark\",\"lightbox_image_size\":\"default\",\"title_display\":\"float\",\"lightbox_title_caption\":\"title\",\"arrows\":1,\"arrows_position\":\"inside\",\"toolbar\":0,\"toolbar_title\":0,\"toolbar_position\":\"top\",\"loop\":1,\"lightbox_open_close_effect\":\"fade\",\"effect\":\"fade\",\"supersize\":0,\"thumbnails_toggle\":0,\"thumbnails_hide\":0,\"image_counter\":0,\"thumbnails\":1,\"thumbnails_width\":\"auto\",\"thumbnails_height\":\"auto\",\"thumbnails_position\":\"bottom\",\"thumbnails_custom_size\":0,\"mobile\":0,\"mobile_width\":320,\"mobile_height\":240,\"mobile_lightbox\":0,\"mobile_gallery_link_enabled\":0,\"mobile_arrows\":1,\"mobile_toolbar\":1,\"mobile_thumbnails\":1,\"mobile_touchwipe_close\":0,\"mobile_thumbnails_width\":75,\"mobile_thumbnails_height\":50,\"mobile_justified_row_height\":80,\"keyboard\":true,\"classes\":[\"envira-default-gallery\"],\"rtl\":0,\"slug\":\"eq-5-rebuild-6-1-1-3\",\"custom_css\":\"#envira-gallery-2019 img{border-radius: 10% 10% 10% 10%}\",\"gallery_id\":2019}' data-gallery-images='[{\"status\":\"active\",\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.astro-baby.com\\\/astrobaby\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/alt-az.jpg\",\"title\":\"Remove Latitude Scale\",\"link\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.astro-baby.com\\\/astrobaby\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/alt-az.jpg\",\"alt\":\"Remove Latitude Scale\",\"caption\":\"Remove the latitude scale from the mount. 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Around...\" data-title=\"Adjust Allen Headed Screws\"  alt=\"Adjust Allen Headed Screws\" title=\"Adjust Allen Headed Screws\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/alt-az2.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/alt-az2.jpg 2x\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/div><\/a><div class=\"envira-gallery-captioned-data envira-gallery-captioned-data-captioned\"><span class=\"envira-title envira-gallery-captioned-text title-2022\">Adjust Allen Headed Screws<\/span><span class=\"envira-caption envira-gallery-captioned-text caption-2022\">Behind the RA scale you will see a large bolt which holds the mount to the altitude unit. Around the bolt are three Allen headed set screws. Turn each of these a 1\/4 turn until the play in the altitude goes away.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2021\" class=\"envira-gallery-item envira-gallery-item-3 enviratope-item envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right: 5px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a data-envirabox=\"2019\" href=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/alt-az1.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2019 envira-gallery-link-disabled \" title=\"Replace RA Scale\" data-envira-item-id=\"2021\" data-title=\"Replace RA Scale\" data-caption=\"Replace the RA scale using a few small drops of Superglue. You may want to use a spirit level to...\" data-envira-retina=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/alt-az1.jpg\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/alt-az1-75x50_c.jpg\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\" ><div class=\"envira-lazy\" data-envira-changed=\"false\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"480\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-2021\"  data-envirabox=\"2019\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-3  envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/alt-az1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/alt-az1.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2019\" data-envira-item-id=\"2021\" data-caption=\"Replace the RA scale using a few small drops of Superglue. You may want to use a spirit level to...\" data-title=\"Replace RA Scale\"  alt=\"Replace RA Scale\" title=\"Replace RA Scale\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/alt-az1.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/alt-az1.jpg 2x\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/div><\/a><div class=\"envira-gallery-captioned-data envira-gallery-captioned-data-captioned\"><span class=\"envira-title envira-gallery-captioned-text title-2021\">Replace RA Scale<\/span><span class=\"envira-caption envira-gallery-captioned-text caption-2021\">Replace the RA scale using a few small drops of Superglue. You may want to use a spirit level to ensure the scale is as accurate as possible.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><\/noscript>\n<ul class=\"su-siblings\"><li class=\"page_item page-item-1736\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/help\/rebuilding-the-skywatcher-heq5orion-sirius-mount\/strip-down-and-cleaning-of-the-declination-axis\/\">Strip Down and Cleaning of the Declination Axis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1185\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/help\/rebuilding-the-skywatcher-heq5orion-sirius-mount\/lubrication-and-reassembly-of-the-declination-axis\/\">Lubrication and Reassembly of the Declination Axis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1878\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/help\/rebuilding-the-skywatcher-heq5orion-sirius-mount\/strip-down-and-cleaning-of-the-right-ascension-axis\/\">Strip Down and Cleaning of the Right Ascension Axis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1932\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/help\/rebuilding-the-skywatcher-heq5orion-sirius-mount\/lubrication-and-reassembly-of-the-right-ascension-axis\/\">Lubrication and Reassembly of the Right Ascension Axis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1977\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/help\/rebuilding-the-skywatcher-heq5orion-sirius-mount\/adjusting-worm-gear-engagement-motor-gears\/\">Adjusting Worm Gear Engagement &#8211; Motor Gears<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-2026\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/help\/rebuilding-the-skywatcher-heq5orion-sirius-mount\/appendix-hardware-and-software-history\/\">Appendix &#8211; Hardware and Software History<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My own HEQ5 suffered from excessive play in the altitude bearings. Even with the altitude bolts are done up tight the mount could still rock slightly to and fro. Here&#8217;s how to eliminate play the altitude bearings of the HEQ5\/Sirius mount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":188,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2018","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2094,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2018\/revisions\/2094"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}