# Loud Y Axis movement

**URL:** <https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/loud-y-axis-movement/6729>\
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**Created:** [July 17, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/loud-y-axis-movement/6729 "2021-07-17T11:42:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![John-Galt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@John-Galt](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/John-Galt)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/loud-y-axis-movement/6729/1 "2021-07-17T11:42:06Z")

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I just got my OF this week.

While I was assembling my OF, I noticed that manually moving the Y axis was more difficult and noisy that I expected, at least compared to moving the X axis.

I connected a laptop to the OF controller (OF touch screen isn’t here yet) so I could power up the OF and run the machine via stepper motors to see if the noisy movement was just my imagination.

While jogging the Y axis, a loud, grinding (sort of) noise seems to come from the right ball screw nut. Short of taking the Y rail apart to investigate, does anyone have experience with a similar situation or ideas on what I should look for?

Machine is basically stock besides being set up with drag chains and the extension cables for X and Z.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![pwpacp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/pwpacp/32/1718_2.png) [@pwpacp](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/pwpacp)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/loud-y-axis-movement/6729/2 "2021-07-17T12:15:05Z")

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Keep in mind that Y has two steppers which would increase any sounds accordingly. However, having indicated the right side makes a grinding noise it might help if you could post a clip of that sound comparing it to the left side.