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After getting some advice from Tom at Discmounts I disassembled and cleaned the AZ axis components on the mount. It's a very simple process and as long as you're careful and gentle it goes smoothly. There was a bit of debris to be cleaned off the discs and there are some scour marks on the white plastic disc. I also cleaned a few aluminium flakes out of a threaded hole drilled in the disc face.

I've been concerned that the Az axis is not quite as smooth as the Alt axis for micro movements - after cleaning it does seem smoother but I won't really be able to test it until my C11 arrives next week. I'd like to stess that the mount is generally very smooth, but was not as smooth with micro movements as the manufacturer stated it should be.