CGEMII Azimuth Knobs

[Maideneer]

I'm reading these are supposed to move the mount left or right and they both push off the alignment peg on the tripod head.  My question is, are these knobs supposed to be insanely laborious to adjust?  I feel like all I do is turn turn turn these things a hundred times each way and nothing really ever moves and it's difficult to turn them in the process as well.  Once the mount is on the tripod it's not like I can actually see in there to view what's going on but man, it's a whole lotta work for a whole lotta nothing.