Changing belts

iOptron CEM40 iOptron CEM40EC Equatorial Mount Troubleshooting
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Francis Moreau avatar
Francis Moreau avatar
Hello,
I've just noticed that the RA belt on my CEM40 is damaged.
Changing the belt myself is easy enough, but I don't know what type of belt to get.
Do you have a reference without necessarily using original Ioptron parts?
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Jeff Reitzel avatar
Jeff Reitzel avatar
Hi Francis,
I just recently did that on my CEM40EC. I just ordered both RA and DEC belts from iOptron customer service and got them in a couple days. I needed a couple other small parts in addition to the belts anyway. They were not expensive. I think they were USD 12.00 or something close to that.

CS,
Jeff
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