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Hi Craig,
I'm running v3.35 on my AZ-EQ6 and although i've not had any major issues with the polar alignment routine, there are a couple of things you can do to make the process easier for yourself.
You can save yourself some time by roughly polar aligning your mount to the first star of a two star alignment. For example: if you start a two star alignment and the first star is Sirius, rather than using the hand controller to bring the star into the eyepiece after the mount has completed it's approximated slew, use the azimuth and altitude knobs to bring the star into the eyepiece. If you find that you don't have enough movement in the azimuth to do that, you may need to rotate the whole mount a bit.
Now return the mount to the home position, switch it off and then on again and do the two star alignment as you usually would. This time, the mount will slew much closer to the first star and you will only need to make small adjustments with the hand controller.
Likewise, when you go to do the polar alignment (Sirius also a good choice for this at this time of the year), you will only need to make small adjustments with the altitude and azimuth knobs to refine the rough polar alignment you already have. Handy, considering how difficult it can be to look through certain scopes or the finder whilst adjusting the azimuth/altitude. Using a webcam connected to the scope makes this process much simpler (and indeed, the resulting alignment more accurate).
If you unlock the clutches and return the mount to the home position without cycling the power, the mount thinks it's still pointing where it was before you disengaged the clutches, so even if you tell the mount that you want to redo your alignment, it will slew based on your last known location.
Whether the resulting polar alignment is good enough depends on your scope focal length and whether you're going to be autoguiding. Personally, I think the more time invested in polar alignment the better. If you have the time/patience then doing a drift alignment after you've completed the mounts polar alignment routine (which is adequate but mediocre in terms of accuracy) is worth the effort.
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