Cnc 3040 z ball screw

[davidthefox1787]

If it is a standard ballscrew I can't see how a ball bearing could escape unless the plastic return guide has broken. Wonder if the balls have jammed inside and pushed it out.

If you can do as Lee suggests and remove the ballscrew it will help identify it.
When laid out in the bench measure the diameter of the screw and then measure the pitch (distance between peaks or troughs). Also measure the diameter of the ball bearings (micrometer ideally) and take a picture of everything including the ball nut.

From the picture you have taken it does not look like the usual Chinese ballnut

Hi

I have stripped it down. The nylon washer seen in my first pic was at the bottom of the ball screw and not in the correct position and the ball bearings are from the ball nut.

I think I need to find a replacement nut.

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[routercnc]

Ok that's better. The first picture was of the supported bearing end not the nut - now we can see the ballnut it is a standard Chinese type.

Ballscrew is most likely 12mm and the pitch looks like you have measured between a peak and a trough. Needs to be between 2 peaks OR 2 troughs so it is most likely 5mm. So you have a 1205 ballscrew and nut.

You can try to buy just a new nut but they come as a matched pair with the ballscrew and the ball bearings are sized to be a good fit. That means another random nut may be too tight or too loose on your ballscrew. Unless you have a tuning set of ball bearings your best bet is to strip the nut down, clean it, grease it and reassemble with missing ball bearing in. Chances are it was clogged up inside and jammed the return channel. Have you ever greased the nut?

When you remove the nut watch out for the remaining balls which will fall out. You will also need a guide tube to sit over the floating end of the ballscrew to guide the nut off and back on again. Once inside the nut look for damage to the plastic returns.

The are videos on YouTube about repacking ballnuts

[davidthefox1787]

Ok that's better. The first picture was of the supported bearing end not the nut - now we can see the ballnut it is a standard Chinese type.

Ballscrew is most likely 12mm and the pitch looks like you have measured between a peak and a trough. Needs to be between 2 peaks OR 2 troughs so it is most likely 5mm. So you have a 1205 ballscrew and nut.

You can try to buy just a new nut but they come as a matched pair with the ballscrew and the ball bearings are sized to be a good fit. That means another random nut may be too tight or too loose on your ballscrew. Unless you have a tuning set of ball bearings your best bet is to strip the nut down, clean it, grease it and reassemble with missing ball bearing in. Chances are it was clogged up inside and jammed the return channel. Have you ever greased the nut?

When you remove the nut watch out for the remaining balls which will fall out. You will also need a guide tube to sit over the floating end of the ballscrew to guide the nut off and back on again. Once inside the nut look for damage to the plastic returns.

The are videos on YouTube about repacking ballnuts

Thank you. I'll look into that. I didn't realise they can be repacked. I may buy a new one as a spare.

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