Sean Houghton wrote:
>
>>It turns out the hub that the large gear slides onto has a single allen
>>bolt to tighten it onto the axle with, this bolt causes the hub to tilt
>>slightly when tightened - creating the wobbling and noise in the
>>attatched gear. I slid a small square of tin foil between the axle rod
>>and the hub to straighten it out. When i put it back together - voila -
>>even speed and no wobbling (well almost none).
>
>>I hope this helps anyone who is having similar problems with their LX50
>>drives.
>
[snip]

Sean, Mappugers,

your idea with the foil was great! The wobbling has complete gone. I put
two layers of *very* thin foil between the axle and the hub (some sort
of "rescue foil" with an golden/silver surface). Thank you!

Using this foil I was also able to reduce mirror shift (to nearly zero).
Just put a square of about 1"x2" between the small cylinders of the main
mirror.

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Gerald Hitz
>Vienna, Austria
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