{"id":369,"date":"2026-05-27T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/welcome-11e05dc.netsolhost.com\/?page_id=369"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:45:15","slug":"bucks-gears-and-tune-up","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/?page_id=369","title":{"rendered":"Buck’s Gears and Tune-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Questions?\u00a0 Contact us at:
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Upgrade and optimize Meade RA & DEC drive performance.<\/p>

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  • Significantly improve mechanical precision of both AZ and DEC drives<\/li>
  • Improve PEC and reduce mechanical backlash<\/li>
  • Upgrades drives in all\u00a0 Meade LX600, LX200ACF, LX200R, LX200GPS and RCX400 telescopes<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    Optimization of drive performance is critical for imaging.\u00a0 But even visual observation can be adversely effected because software can\u2019t fully compensate for excessive mechanical backlash. Or when a drive is hanging with one mounting screw.<\/p>

    Meade\u2019s scope drives are capable of exceptional performance but they rarely achieve the level of precision inherent in the design.\u00a0 There can be a significant problem associated with factory level adjustments, assembly, and installation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

    As an example of an adjustment \u2013 Since 2006 Meade has been using precisely machined brass transfer gears, but that precision counts for nothing unless they\u2019re properly meshed.\u00a0 Meade\u2019s assembly line has no way of adjusting for proper mesh and they ship with some gears that are barely cogging (just touching tip of tooth to tip of tooth).\u00a0 A Peterson invented modification will reset transfer gears to a critical 100% mesh.<\/p>

    The Buck\u2019s Tune-Up kit is a minimal cost way to achieve all of the mechanical performance that your drives are capable of.\u00a0 It contains upgrade parts and a 17 photo-illustrated pages of inspections and adjustments.<\/p>

    The Tune-Up kit comes in two different versions: The Standard version is for 8″ thru 12″ SCTs, while the Big Scope version is for the 14″ scopes and for any sized RCX400.<\/p>

    No one step will take your scope all the way to 1 or 2 arc-second tracking performance, but this tune-up is the largest single\u00a0mechanical<\/em> step that you can take in this direction.\u00a0<\/p>

    nstallation of this kit will:<\/p>

    1)\u00a0 improve the drive precision in both RA and DEC drives, reducing or eliminating transfer gear backlash.\u00a0<\/p>

    \u00a02) correct other misaligned drive components, improving drive precision and eliminating the chance of incurring drive damage due to this misalignment. We\u2019re always hearing back from folks who\u2019ve discovered loose screws or stripped screws, extra pieces of metal floating around in the gear grease, gears that are only cogging instead of meshing, drives that are misadjusted, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    The kits contains step-by-step photo illustrated instructions for optimizing the declination and the azimuth drives, plus special gear grease, wrenches and parts to correct those scopes where the gears do not mesh closely but are only touching tooth tip to tooth tip in a cogging kind of action.<\/p>

    Although the instructions provided are crystal clear, this tune-up is a bit more complex than the installation of the EZ Focus kit or the EZ Clutch kit.\u00a0 If you had trouble with either of our other kits, or if you consider yourself to be a klutz, please either do not buy this kit or arrange for someone else to perform the tune-up for you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Buck’s standard Tune-up for 8″ – 12″ LX600, LX200ACF, LX200R and LX200GPS telescopes\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 $45.99 plus shipping<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Buck’s Big Scope Tune-up for 14″ LX600, LX200ACF, LX200R, LX200GPS and RCX400 telescopes\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 $59.99 plus shipping<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    405 New Meadow RoadBarrington, Rhode Island 02806\u00a0 USA Questions?\u00a0 Contact us at:\u00a01-401-245-4068\u00a0 info@petersonengineering.com Return to Meade product listing Buck’s Tune-Up Upgrade and optimize Meade RA & DEC drive performance. \u00a0 Significantly improve mechanical precision of both AZ and DEC drives Improve PEC and reduce mechanical backlash Upgrades drives in all\u00a0 Meade LX600, LX200ACF, LX200R, LX200GPS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-369","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":694,"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/369\/revisions\/694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersonengineering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}