[Jasp05 (Aaron)]

I should mention ive used astro baby's guide during this whole process.

And i don't believe it is end play Brian. (I am most likely wrong here). But i only adjusted one of the float caps on the worm drive. And whether its tight or loose that knock is still there. (Maybe its not tight enough? Only got it done up firm i guess. Havent really tightened it up hard yet. Didnt think there was a need. If side to side movement is out of the worm drive that should be it no? )

Only way the knock disappears is to tighten the engagement between worm and gear.

If someone knows something to the contrary im all ears.

Should i try adjusting the float bearing on the other end of the worm drive??

As asked below should the gears be butter smooth when turning by hand? Or as in astrobaby's guide as long as its smooth and doesn't bind thats sufficient? Im assuming some parts of the rotation will be a bit stickier than others and this is normal?

I had adjusted the worm meshing the other day and eliminated the knocking. And the motors spun just fine through 360 degrees. I hadnt tested it by hand through the full 360 degrees tbh, but used the hand controller to spin it through.
I took the mount out to see how it performed and upon calibration was told i either had very bad polar alignment, huge dec backlash or something wrong in ra. The calibration data showed the dec and ra axis were around 39 degrees to each other if i remember correctly. Hence why i've decided to tear this mount down regrease and set everything properly.