Deesk06 wrote: I wouldn't touch the bearings right now. Go ahead and do the Rowan belt mod, however, be gentle. It's easy to pull off any connectors from the board.

Bearings would be last on my list. I do not plan on changing mine until it has been used for a good while. Like a few years or so, if at all.

Rowan belt mod and then look into adjusting the worm gear meshing. Be gentle with it though and work in small increments. Astro baby has a guide for it. Google astro baby HEQ5 worm gear mesh.

That's as far as I would go with touching the mount. There really should be no need to do much more, you do not want to make it worse than it is by doing something incorrectly.

Aa I said first, try and find yourself a starting point. Solve the image and figure out which direction is which.