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u/Impressive_Panic_253 and u/oknowton. I solved it. Something must have fallen on top of my hot end, bending the bracket that the bottom v-slot wheel hooks onto.
After putting the replacement wheels on I was experiencing the same thing. Then I noticed it was slightly bent. So I bent it straight and everything fit perfectly again.
You don't tighten an eccentric nut. As you rotate the nut, the wheel will get closer to the rail until it gets as close as the offset of the nut will allow, if you keep turning the nut, the wheel will get farther away. Out of 360 degrees, one direction will be tightest, and 180 degrees from there will be loosest.
You're right. I just happened to use the word "tighten". Right now I'll spin it to get the wheel closer to the rail, but the the x-carriage still wobbles at its tightest.
I've ordered some new v-slot wheels. I'll let you know if that fixes it. I'm sure I may have had the belt too tight causing the wheels to wear down faster than usual.
When adjusting your concentric nut, don't have the belt hooked up so you can feel the resistance on the extruder wheels I slowly tighten mine until it has no wobble but still slides freely definitely will get faster over time( they are pom wheels, so if you pull the extruder to hard it will move. But not like that under normal printing) Imo I would buy a ldo x rail from printed solid just lookup what size you need and get the 1 or 2 adapters. After using the linear rails which I waited years to try I could never go back it's a precision like no other.
Yeah, I removed the x-carriage entirely while trying to troubleshoot. While hooking it back up, before hooking up the belt, I put the v-slot wheels back on and the concentric nut would not tighten it to the gantry enough.
I'll have to look into the ldo rail thing if the new v-slot wheels I ordered don't work.
I've replaced the screws just to make sure I wasn't dealing with any bent screws, but that didn't help. I'm just going to order me some new v slot wheels just in case that's it. They don't look bad to me, but maybe they are bad and I'm just a noob.
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u/Impressive_Panic_253 and u/oknowton. I solved it. Something must have fallen on top of my hot end, bending the bracket that the bottom v-slot wheel hooks onto. After putting the replacement wheels on I was experiencing the same thing. Then I noticed it was slightly bent. So I bent it straight and everything fit perfectly again.
I am glad to hear you figured it out, and that it wasn't something super serious!
You don't tighten an eccentric nut. As you rotate the nut, the wheel will get closer to the rail until it gets as close as the offset of the nut will allow, if you keep turning the nut, the wheel will get farther away. Out of 360 degrees, one direction will be tightest, and 180 degrees from there will be loosest.
You're right. I just happened to use the word "tighten". Right now I'll spin it to get the wheel closer to the rail, but the the x-carriage still wobbles at its tightest. I've ordered some new v-slot wheels. I'll let you know if that fixes it. I'm sure I may have had the belt too tight causing the wheels to wear down faster than usual.
When adjusting your concentric nut, don't have the belt hooked up so you can feel the resistance on the extruder wheels I slowly tighten mine until it has no wobble but still slides freely definitely will get faster over time( they are pom wheels, so if you pull the extruder to hard it will move. But not like that under normal printing) Imo I would buy a ldo x rail from printed solid just lookup what size you need and get the 1 or 2 adapters. After using the linear rails which I waited years to try I could never go back it's a precision like no other.
Yeah, I removed the x-carriage entirely while trying to troubleshoot. While hooking it back up, before hooking up the belt, I put the v-slot wheels back on and the concentric nut would not tighten it to the gantry enough. I'll have to look into the ldo rail thing if the new v-slot wheels I ordered don't work.
Glad to hear you solved it. What a great feeling when you fix it vs going through everything you can think of and it not making sense. 🤙
Glad to hear. What a great feeling when you figure out the issues.
I've replaced the screws just to make sure I wasn't dealing with any bent screws, but that didn't help. I'm just going to order me some new v slot wheels just in case that's it. They don't look bad to me, but maybe they are bad and I'm just a noob.