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7/24/2022 4:54:33 PM EDT
To be fair...it's well used.

Main board failed at 4,500 hours. Took quite a bit with it on its glorious way out.

Anywho, replaced the board, and now 350 hours (7 minutes shy technically) later (4,850 hours total), the X Axis extruder motor completely seized, causing a crash and a failed print.

Was a relatively straightforward repair. Took it apart and found a bad front bearing. Not sure what that was about. Inner race and outer race are completely wobbly with zero rigidity, yet will not rotate relative to each other through the axis. I'll probably take it apart to see what happened. At any rate, I popped it off, popped a new bearing on in its place, and reassembled.

Re-printimg now.

Pic of motor disassembled after getting replacement bearing pressed into place:

Attached File


Keep printing, my friends.
7/24/2022 5:57:02 PM EDT
[#1]
Pretty neat, most people would have just tossed the whole motor and bought a replacement. I like seeing in depth repairs like this.
7/24/2022 6:25:20 PM EDT
[#2]
If you run steppers in a flood CNC environment using plain water, that happens quickly

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