Help! HEQ5 drifting on "AX2"! 30s exposures ruined...

[pipnina]

I just set up my HEQ5 to catch some snaps while the weather is good. But despite double checking the balance of both axis and that the clutches are tight the scope still drifts noticably (can almost watch it!) in very little time.

What possible other causes could there be? I'm fairly certain my polar alignment cant be that bad! At this rate I'll loose another night of imaging to equipment issues

Any ideas to test welcome! Thanks!

[pipnina]

I think I've improved it... I got the "polaris position in scope" and the other stat it gives you after setting date/time/lat/long so I put polaris on the wrong side of the polar scope...

Still, I didn't think it would make that big of a difference...