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My Souped Up CG-5

The CG-5 has a lot going for it. It's one of the better (more precisely) machined Chinese Clones of the Vixen series. But quality control at the factory leaves a lot to be desired. I've been trying to correct the shortcomings of quality control for some time. I began with Jeff DeTray's instructions on regreasing and refurbishing the mount and went from there. Optical Encoders on the CG-5 Replacing the wormgear o-rings with bushings Shimming up the drive motors (reducing backlash) Tapping into the CG-5 hand control (for an autoguider) Fixing CG5's Minor Irritations Replacing those damn aluminum legs