Thank-you for all the helpful responses on mounting vertical vs horizontal. It has, however, raised some more questions.
If anyone has pictures of a "correct" split AZ/EL setup for a g-5500 I would love to see some up close ones.
Questions that have been raised:
1) I bought used, but believe I have the seperation kit. It has one piece that screws into the Az rotor to allow the mast pole to go into it and be secured. However, I do not have a similar piece for the El rotor to have screwed into it to sit above the Thrust bearing on the pole. Is there supposed to be two of these? I do have what appear to be a set of clamps, but I can not figure out how to attach it to the pole at the top.
2) What all should be included in the seperation kit, maybe I am missing a part, but can not find a good pic anywhere or a parts list.
Thanks, I appreciate the "noob" help!
Mike kb8zgl