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You need to remove the bolts and manually move the head to the full upright position. Then you can screw them back in to stop the mount from wobbling. You will also need to either have a machinist make you a rotating puck affair that fits between the Head and the Tripod that allows the head to swivel 360 degrees (GFL with that one!) or mount the whole set-up on a Lazy Susan type base.
There seem to be loads of plans for these bases on every astro-website. While most are geared toward making a base for a Dob. mount, they should up-scale pretty well.
The HEQ5 is a fine medium sized mount and why someone like ADM or Altair hasn't made a conversion puck is beyond me.
Good luck!
Peter
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