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    Technician xayoz's Avatar
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    Original Prusa MK3S squeaking loudly

    I have a very loud intermittent squeak in my Prusa MK3S. It's hard to tell if it's from x or y axis, but what did I assemble incorrectly? Do I have a bad bearing, is a belt too tight?




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    Let us play this video I found a while back again!

    Great Bearing Cleaning video

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    I put a bit of the grease that came with the machine onto the rods, moved the axes to spread it, and the noise is gone. Should not have listened to the manual when it said not to lube the bearings. Otherwise am really enjoying this printer.

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    I was going to suggest you fed it some cheese ;-)

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    it started again, and on further investigation it turned out that I had mounted the gear on the Y axis just a hair to close to the motor, so it was intermittently rubbing

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    You are learning by leaps an bounds you have diagnosed what most noobs would never see.

    Good Going.
    Keep on at this pace an you will be helping others fix there problems.
    The solutions to most problems is in the readings of what others post.

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    give it more cheese !

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