It makes crunching noises when you turn it and appears very jerky as well

I was surprised at that, but soon discovered why

I did not replace the bolts with shorter ones, because I wanted the black bolts to prevent light reflection and did not have any short ones

First Night!! I was not rough with this, I didn't force it

consider to buy extra eyepieces and finderscope

The primary mirror was incapable of ever being properly aligned! One of the three adjustment screws had been forcibly cranked down all the way (presumably at the factory) in order to desperately try to line up the primary