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Star Discovery Mount Spanners
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The "Star Discovery" mount for telescopes has 2x internal plates to adjust the mounting bearing (Span29) and motor drive clutch (Span22). This is a spanner to suit to aid in adjustment (space is too narrow to fit an off-the-shelf adjustable spanner.)
I have only tested the "Span29v2", but this was borderline not stiff enough, hence I've made "Span29v3" deeper on the sides to increase stiffness; try this one first.
I found I had to rotate the entire mount with the spanner such that the friction of the bearing helped to loosen the cover plate.
More info posted in this thread: https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/285612-star-discovery-clutch-adjustment/
I have only tested the "Span29v2", but this was borderline not stiff enough, hence I've made "Span29v3" deeper on the sides to increase stiffness; try this one first.
I found I had to rotate the entire mount with the spanner such that the friction of the bearing helped to loosen the cover plate.
More info posted in this thread: https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/285612-star-discovery-clutch-adjustment/
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