Pardon my late comment, just stumbled upon this about 2 months old thread wondering how you were doing, hope you are still hooked to the hobby!. Wanted to share I just had a similar issue of irregular tracking in my EQ-G ( I understand basically the same mount save for color and AZ variation?), irregular tracking ultimately due to the CAP screws and set screws securing the RA/DEC axis and worms becoming loose..... took me 10 minutes to fix it!. My setup is not the same as yours ( I use an OAG) but now I'm back to sub arc second guided tracking. I love my EQ-G ( my 3rd mount) and as long as I can still hook it up to a computer I won't ever sell it.
Details here:
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/698093-beloved-atlas-has-the-flu/
Hope this helps anyone!.