Stepper motors that only go in one direction usually have a wire loose somewhere. This would also account for some of the other symptoms you're noticing. Remake all the connections to the motor and see if things improve.
Hi all. My first post.
I have an issue with my 80 w engraver. Been working great for 12 months but now a issue has come out of nowhere.
The Y axis motor is making a vibrating sound on start up and not turning properly. It also cant go to origin and if you do try to engrave it seems to only go in one direction.
I swapped the Y and X driver boxes around but no change. So I guess they are good.
I removed all the belts to see if all the pulley bearings are turning and its definitely the motor that acts out. It does the same without a load on it.
So what can I do from here to pin point the issue before I spend money ??
Motor 23HD450Y-31A6
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Stepper motors that only go in one direction usually have a wire loose somewhere. This would also account for some of the other symptoms you're noticing. Remake all the connections to the motor and see if things improve.
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thanks for that. I did that and no luck. The motor feels tight and does this stutter motion on start up. Strongly feeling its the motor because I switched the Y and X plugs on the main box with the same result
found the problem.... I opened the motor up and lo and behold, a washer came loose and got stuck in the motor... but now my whole system is out of sync haha. Next issue to resolve