It's a well known fact that one of the weakest points of the LXD55 mount and other GEM mounts such as the LXD75, Orion skyview, and CG5, are the bearings that reside inside. They are made of cheap plastic material and usually have nicks, tears, gashes or sometimes even areas missing from them.
To combat that we've come up with a solution for replacement of all six bearings inside the mount.
Made from 100% virgin PTFE Teflon© material and cut to the exact dimensions of the original bearings, these upgraded Teflon© bearings / bushings will allow your mount to hold the scope load more balanced, more freely and help with all kinds of other mount issues such as Periodic Errors when shooting Astrophotography, mount stiffness, and more.
These are not metal bearings and you will not need to alter the mount in any way in order to use these.
NOTE: These are intended to be installed during a HyperTune or mount degrease procedure. While they can be simply dropped in and installed without doing a degrease, it is not recommended. We strongly suggest you also purchase either the DIY HyperTune Kit, or HyperTune DVD to help you replace these bearing properly.
If you have any questions please email notify@lxd55.com

You will receive the following with your bearing upgrade kit:

2 - Large Teflon© RA bearings
1 - Large Teflon© DEC bearing
1 - Medium Teflon© DEC bearing
1 - Small Teflon© DEC bearing
1 - Small Teflon© RA bearing
1 - Instructions
1 - Mount breakdown photo as offered with the HyperTune Kit