[coldlegs (Stephen)]

Every now and then I lose my park position and the scope ends up in an odd position and the next day I would do the horizontal level/6hr business and then reset the r/a setting circle which would be out. Always thought it was out because it caught on a burr or something.
However last night when it happened I took a close look and found the r/a setting circle was exactly on “0”. This seems to imply both the r/a setting circle and associated encoder have moved relative to the correct scope position. Is this possible??
One other thing bothers me. If I loosen of the Dec latch and move the dovetail mount it feels like I'm moving a stepper motor. I can feel significant tiny jumps. Maybe I'm getting paranoid! It seems nice and smooth when the scope and weights are on.
I'm getting a bad feeling it will have to be torn apart. Any ideas?
Cheers
Stephen