<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — so, it was all going great...]]> 2015-10-22T16:20:40Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/12608/so-it-was-all-going-great/ <![CDATA[Re: so, it was all going great...]]> if you disconnect just the small belt that goes between the rear rod & the motor, how does it feel?

it is possible that the left & right carriages are misaligned, causing slight binding...

to correct - loosen the set screws on the pulleys on the rear rod - work carriages back and forth until it moves smoothly, set carriages near the middle of travel on the Y rods in a neutral position and re-tighten the pulley setscrews being careful to not twist the X axis.

video here: http://wiki.solidoodle.com/belt-adjustment

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/10399/ 2015-10-22T16:20:40Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/108116/#p108116 <![CDATA[Re: so, it was all going great...]]> switchblade5984 wrote:

i was thinking the back rod.

But you said it moves fine with the belt off, so why would you think the back rod?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/7731/ 2015-10-22T06:25:28Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/108100/#p108100 <![CDATA[Re: so, it was all going great...]]> i was thinking the back rod.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/11985/ 2015-10-22T06:13:53Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/108099/#p108099 <![CDATA[Re: so, it was all going great...]]> switchblade5984 wrote:

but ive noticed the Y-axis does not move smoothly, i disconnected the belts and now it moves fine, replaced the belts, and it gets very jerky, disconnected the stepper, still jerky, could it be the rear rod? solidoodle 3


Could it be the idler pulley at the other end of the axis? If it moves fine without belts then that would rule out a rod. All that is left it what is connected when belts are in place. That would be the motor, the idler, and the carriage.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/7731/ 2015-10-22T02:51:40Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/108088/#p108088 <![CDATA[so, it was all going great...]]> but ive noticed the Y-axis does not move smoothly, i disconnected the belts and now it moves fine, replaced the belts, and it gets very jerky, disconnected the stepper, still jerky, could it be the rear rod? solidoodle 3

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/11985/ 2015-10-22T02:47:01Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/108086/#p108086