A couple of years ago at NEAIC I heard someone, I think it was George, describe how to rotate the right ascension gear 180 deg so that it wears evenly on the opposite side.  I have an A-P 1600 mount with encoders.  Is this written down somewhere in a step by step format?  I'd like to do it and not have to do a lot of realigning.  Thanks!

Thanks for asking this Stacey, and thanks for the answer Roland. I was just literally just thinking about asking the same question myself.

For clarification, when you say to Resume from Park 3 do you mean Resume from Last Position as if the mount was shut down in Park 3,  or are you referring to the instructions for New setup start from Park 1,2,3 or 4 ? (I am looking at page 15 of the V19.3 Keypad Manual).

Thanks.  I assume this can be done using APCC instead of the keypad?

Thanks. I assume this can be done using APCC instead of the keypad?

Yes, or using the AP V2 ASCOM driver, if you follow a similar procedure.

-Ray Gralak
Author of PEMPro
Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center): https://www.astro-physics.com/apcc-pro
Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: https://www.siriusimaging.com/apdriver

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Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Using other side of right ascension drive gear

Thanks. I assume this can be done using APCC instead of the keypad?

I used this routine yesterday on my 1100 Mount. I actually went through the sequence twice so as to rotate the RA gear 180 degrees. It worked great and there were no issues. When I started up last night using the Resume last position (normal startup), I told the mount to go to Vega, and there it was. I only had to do a little bit of tweaking to center it in the field of view, and recalibrated.

This is the first time I have ever done this process since I bought the mount in 2010, but I am thinking that it would make sense to do this gear rotation on an annual basis. Next year, I will repeat this sequence except I will only go 90 Degrees. The year after that I will go 180 Degrees again.

Correction - I bought the mount in 2018, not 2010.

Here's the description for the 1100. 
https://astro-physics.info/tech_support/mounts/1100gto/1100gto-cp4.pdf
Scroll on page 37 to Worm Wheel Maintenance

Bryan

Does this apply to a 900GTOCP3?
Does it impact the PEC curve?

Thanks.

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Roland Christen
Astro-Physics