I was doing regular maintenance on my x50 and thought i’d check the ball nuts to see if they needed a cleaning as i haven’t been in there before (fairly new machine though). The machine is not locked up or having any issues, really just wanted to clean as a precautionary measure. Anyway, i watched …

Once you remove the two bolts, you should be able to slide the axis back leaving the ball nut behind… obviously if you haven’t removed the X axis, losen both sides before moving the axis back.

[image] Tuvix72: t behind… o thanks. i removed both bolts as well as the oil fill bolt and pulled the X axis back, but it didn’t leave the ball nut behind. the ball nut remained stuck to the gantry. i didn’t want to force anything before asking here first. it seems to easily separate in the t…

Ball nut cleaning

Original/PRO Series (Buildbotics) (Gen 1) Troubleshooting (X35/X50)

349iq2345 February 14, 2022, 10:01pm 4

Hey pwsusi,

this reminds me of this

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