I went out this afternoon to set up the scope for trialling my Synguider 2, and was trying to align the main scope (BT200 Neut) with the Celestron 60mm finder. I got all lined up on the TV aerial on a house about 100 m away. I couldnt seem to get both eyepieces to centre the target (one EP was illuminated crosshair recticle) then I noticed that when I nudged the scope in the declination direction, with the clutch tight, the view moved considerably. I took off the covers poked sbout with the gears, but all seemed tight. There must be something deep in the bowels of the mount that is loose
It would seem a big job to strip everything down.....Any suggestions? The backlash seems to be enough to completely stuff up any imaging because if the scope moves and changes the balance, then the whole view will change quite a few arc sec onds.
The R.A. axis seems pretty tight