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Topic: Y axis not moving in sync

I am trying to set it all up and was working on the filament sticking to the board. I cleaned it with alcohol swap to remove anything on the deck. It did not stick so I killed the job. I was exiting out of Repetier, shut off the heater bed and extruder; when I went to hit the home button for the extruder, the X worked well but the Y seemed to stick. I have the SD3.
Any ideas?

I just opened this and set it up on Friday and I am having very odd difficulties.

I will say this, Solidoodle spend 1 hour with me setting up the software settings. They were great!!!

2 Reply by ronsii

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Re: Y axis not moving in sync

could you elaborate more on the y axis 'stick' do you mean it just stops? or does it make grinding noise?

3 Reply by marp100

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Re: Y axis not moving in sync

It makes a grinding noise like the belts are not in sync. The one side tries to move but the other side gets stuck.

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Re: Y axis not moving in sync

Check to make sure the toothed pulleys on the back shaft are not slipping on the shaft and their setscrews are tight, also make sure the belt tensions are even on both sides of the printer.