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Gantry stopped moving smoothly after changing extruder!?
Hi all! I’m starting to lose my mind.
After changing the broken hotend and doing a pid tuning now the gantry does not move as smooth as before….
the only thing I did was changing the hotend and the pid tuning.
Before then I worked to fix my mesh following the docs but I could always create a new one after every frame adjustment as the gantry was moving perfectly.
So i don’t think it’s a sudden mechanical issue? Could be related to the change of temperature after the extruded and bed pid tuning?
What can I check?
After changing the broken hotend and doing a pid tuning now the gantry does not move as smooth as before….
the only thing I did was changing the hotend and the pid tuning.
Before then I worked to fix my mesh following the docs but I could always create a new one after every frame adjustment as the gantry was moving perfectly.
So i don’t think it’s a sudden mechanical issue? Could be related to the change of temperature after the extruded and bed pid tuning?
What can I check?
Solution
after too much time i figured it out: a stepper motor cable was not connecting properly to the motherboard… just enough to send the signal and look fine but not firmly enough to avoid losing steps
which begs the question: these are the standard cables from the kit, what can I do to improve the connection? should I re-crimp them myself, hot glue everything like a savage or what else?
which begs the question: these are the standard cables from the kit, what can I do to improve the connection? should I re-crimp them myself, hot glue everything like a savage or what else?
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