Are the Sky View Pro Drives NOT interchangeable? How do I know if I
really
have a CG-5? The two I bought are identical....so, the drives from
Anacortes for CG-5s should work??? Really drive frustrated....Was ready
to
just order a couple mounts from Orion! They're better anyway

In my experience the Skyview Pro is very similar to but no carbon copy of
the CG5, so many parts are not interchangeable. Additionally, there are
many mounts on the market which are loosely referred to as CG5, but they are
not the same. I suggest that you take a few close up shots of your mount
and post a link so that we could see it. You could also go on the
"astronomy boy" site and compare your mount with the pictures of CG5's shown
on that site.

Al


"Doink" wrote in message
...
Hi again...

I started with an Orion SkyView Pro mount on my 8" reflector...very
pleased
with that mount. Bought the dual drives from Orion, installed them, love
it.

Ok, I bought a 5" refractor on astroMart, then I bought a second mount
which
I'm told is a CG-5. Orion told me the drives for the Skyview pro mount
were
the same so I bought them. They are NOT the same. The RA drive will not
fit properly in the compartment. So, what do I need? These mounts have
no
markings...I say these because I bought (damn astromart!) a nice Celestron
refractor (Jananese OTA) which came on a CG-5 mount...same story with the
drives...

Are the Sky View Pro Drives NOT interchangeable? How do I know if I
really
have a CG-5? The two I bought are identical....so, the drives from
Anacortes for CG-5s should work??? Really drive frustrated....Was ready
to
just order a couple mounts from Orion! They're better anyway!

Anyone know anything that can help me in this?

Doink