Question about movement in the RA with clutch tightened

[acharris77]

Hi all I need some advice. I have had my EQ5 for nearly 2 months and I am sure people will remember my issues I had. Then 1 night I had success and I was happy. Since then I haven't been able to get it out till last night due to weather.

No luck again with the goto and tracking was so bad that I could do 30 sec without trailing. I have attached an image to show what my issue was. Also I noticed that even with the clutch tight on RA I could still move it anyway I wanted by hand, whereas the DEC has no movement.

Could it be that the motor is slipping on the RA axis which is causing the goto to be out and the tracking to be off. Any advice is appreciated. The image is of the M57 which can be seen very badly lol. Thanks.

[Freddie]

There is obviously a problem is the RA moves with the clutch engaged. I assume you know for certain that the elongated stars are aligned with RA on your mount?