Hi Erik
Go here:
http://www.andysshotglass.com/BalancingScope.html to see an online tutorial on how to balance your scope
From what I've read of your writing I think you're not too sure how to do so and this tutorial will help heaps
Also you can find on this site a tute on how to polar align a scope to the celestial pole - as in our case here in Oz it's the SCP (south celestial pole)
HTH
Cheers
Bill