As discovered on other threads others have had problems with drift alignment.
We have MAJOR porblems.
We have a Skywatcher 8' Newt on a EQ5 mount.
We've tried for the past three nights doing the RA drift. The star is moving north in the eyepiece and has been doing so for the three nights and we keep adjusting but still no luck.
We centre the star in the EP and after about 10 mins it drifts north. According to the instructions this means the polar axis is pointing too far east so we move the star west in the EP with the azimuth knob and centre the star again with the hand controller. The star stays in the centre about 10 mins by 20 mins it moves north again. We repeat the procedure again. OK for 10 mins another 10 mins it moves again, one azimuth knob is screwed out 9mm the other 5mm.
Do we keep turning ?????????? How far can we go ????????? Or are we doing something wrong ?????????? Do we have trouble with the mount or motor drives ???????????
HELP PLEASE
We're going crazy
