I thought I may as well continue on with my endless XX14i ramblings for anyone interested now or in the future.
I noticed that eventualy armourall can cause extra stiction in the azimuth bearing, so I tried a few things:
1. Remove armourall and replace stock teflon az bearings with larger 50mm square (beveled edge) virgin teflon bearings (6mm thick). This in itself proved to have about the same friction as the stock teflon bearings - not worth doing in itself.
2. Add armourall to the formica along with the new teflon bearings. No real difference and not worth doing as the stiction problem will soon return.
3. Remove the armourall and clean all surfaces. Try a very small amount of fine talcum powder as a lubricant. Absolutely no stiction. Friction increased too much.
3. Clean all surfaces and try dry lubing the formica. Stiction reduced, but friction greater than without lube.
4. Clean all surfaces and polish formica twice with Turtle Wax (the $11 one in a tin) per Dave Kriege. Friction reduced considerably, stiction reduced.
5. Apply 2 thin coats of armoursll over the top of the Turtle Wax per Dave Kriege. Friction reduced further still, stiction almost gone. The az bearing is now significantly better than it was out of the box.
So far, option 5 has yielded the best results and is the solution I'm sticking with (until next weekend
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Dean