"Thanks Alexander! I will give your idea a try first. Yes, they are Teflon on the base board according to Celstron who sells SkyWatcher here in the USA, but they don't know if it is the better Virgin material. Cheers! -Greg"
Alexander,
I gave your suggestions a try today and the improvement by just cleaning and waxing was remarkable (No wax on the teflon). The Alt. is buttery smooth now and the az much better. The telflon pads on the base board are 1"x3/4" by 1/8" thick. I may still replace them with
Virgin PTFE Pads from Scopestuff http://www.scopestuff.com/ss_tp41.htm I did notice the original pads are not beveled and so the base borad must be shaving off little tiny pieces making teflon dust. That was likely slowing things from smooth movement. Do you think I could step up to the 1"X1" by 1/8" size pads or should I stick with the origianl size?
Thanks again! -Greg