While this is also a commercial advertisement I hope it will be excused
this once to make an announcement of an available fix for the many
LX-50's out there with Dec motion problems. An archive search will show
that myself and others have been searching for an answer to this for
some time. I promised in an earlier post that I would make it known if I
could source the proper parts and put something together for all of us.
It's not quite like I'm hawking red LED flashlights...
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If you own an LX-50 and are experiencing either of these problems:

1. Slow/Fast/Slow/Fast "straining" motion in declination.

AND/OR

2. Grossly mismatched DEC vs RA speeds. (Dec runs much faster than
RA making small corrections difficult, especially when combined with
#1!).

Then your fix is finally here! The LX-50 Declination Modification kit.
This kit works by "Correcting" the declination gear ratio from Meade's
poorly selected 1.8:1 to a much more suitable 6.75:1. It appears Meade
made a "compromise" in gear ratio selection due to physical constraints
on the fork arm. This modification bypasses those physical constraints
through the use of a third (idler) gear which allows greater selection
of proper gear sizes. Once installed the dec motion much more closely
matches the speed of the RA drive AND available torque is more than
TRIPLED!
This allows more accurate guiding (manual or autoguider), easier
centering, and more torque available for heavy accessories mounted to
the OTA.

The kit installs easily in about 5 minutes.
Includes:
Idler gear assembly (gear, bracket, shaft, preassembled)
Resized Pinion gear
Cable corrector (installs on dec cable to correct reversed rotation due
to idler gear).
Illustrated installation instructions.
1 Year warranty

The gears are high quality, constructed of nylon and black acetal,
manufactered by the same OEM as factory Meade gears. This is a nice easy
clean installation, no hack! NO HOLES TO BE DRILLED, fits under existing
screws. Can be restored to original in minutes.

Introductory Price $29.95 (US) + $5.00 shipping/handling.

NOTE:First come first served. I have 10 kits available at this time.

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