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Old 11-10-2009, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Tandum View Post
George, I normally lossen the southern (front) screw then adjust the rear screw to get alignment as the weight of the head rests on the rear screw, then tighten the front screw to set it. It doesn't need a lot of adjusting up here but I guess if you move it from Melbourne to astofest it would be a big change
Yes, the problem really was that once the front screw is loosened, the bottom one still takes a lot of effort to twist, up or down. Its not a main problem since with a bit of effort, i can still get polar aligned nicely. It just seems to be much too stiff to be designed that way.

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