# Y axis ball screw locked up

**URL:** https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/y-axis-ball-screw-locked-up/9273
**Category:** Troubleshooting (X35/X50)
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/y-axis-ball-screw-locked-up/9273 "2021-12-01T18:39:37Z")
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### Author: ![jccnlfc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@jccnlfc](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/jccnlfc)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/y-axis-ball-screw-locked-up/9273/1 "2021-12-01T18:39:37Z")

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Hello everybody, this morning I had a y axis lock up on me. anyone else have this problem? I initally thought it was the bearing till I took the ball screw loose and the carriage moves back and forth freely.

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### Author: ![349iq2345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/bb73d2/32.png) [@349iq2345](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/349iq2345)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/y-axis-ball-screw-locked-up/9273/2 "2021-12-01T19:11:59Z")

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Hey Jeffrey,

this happens, e.g. [here the other day](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/did-my-stepper-motor-just-die/8628/6).

[“ball+screw”](https://metager.org/meta/meta.ger3?eingabe=site:forum.onefinitycnc.com+%22ball+screw%22&focus=web)  
[“ball+nut”](https://metager.org/meta/meta.ger3?eingabe=site:forum.onefinitycnc.com+%22ball+nut%22&focus=web)