hi calv, lets start at the beginning, phoned orion optics last week and spoke to barry and john, told them the problem and they said bring it in, in the holder so we could test it correctly, i said i would providing they have a secondary ready as i need it this weekend coming, i was told by john they have a new batch that will be finished friday gone, so if the fault is with the mirror then its a easy swop. emailed them friday and to be fair they responded quickly and said the mirror is twisted, they are going to remove it from the holder and test again to make sure its not the holder. they removed it and said its still twisted but need to remove the kendrick dew guard to rule that out as well. but havnt heard from them since, sent them 2 emails today and nothing, so will ring tomorrow hope fully to collect it.
so bottom line is the secondary is twisted and just need them to replace it easy as that