Worn leadscrew?

**JAZZCNC** · 06-03-2020

Originally Posted by Husky1

so i finally found the issue. One of the gantry linear rail was worn out causing z axis to swing left and right on the bottom at endmill.

Well, that's a first to me, I've never seen linear rail wear out and cause such an issue. I'll put that one in the data bank to watch out for.!

**Doddy** · 07-03-2020

Originally Posted by JAZZCNC

Well, that's a first to me

If true, could this be indicative of some other underlying problem than "wear and tear"?, misaligned rails?

**JAZZCNC** · 07-03-2020

Originally Posted by Doddy

If true, could this be indicative of some other underlying problem than "wear and tear"?, misaligned rails?

Absolutely and very probably is due exactly to that reason. Or they are really cheap nasty rails and poorly aligned.? I've never had a rail wear out to that degree and I've probably got 100+ machines out in the field using them and many of them used 12hr 6Dwk with minimal maintenance with several over 10yr old so if quality rails like Hi-win then I'd definitely be looking for some other issue causing this.