X beam level
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:31 am
I've own my A30 for 9 months now and generally it is great, the only problem I do get is the X axis level. Out of the box I used the spacers and level the X axis, it wasn't happy and I could feel some pressure winding the right hand lead screw to level it. It worked fine but kept I had to constantly re level the bed on one side. After a while I could see the bed was now a couple of mm out, I checked the beam and it was 2 mm higher on the idler end. I re-leveled the beam and then the bed but gradually it happened again until around the 2 mm mark it stops needing adjustment.
Today I removed the bolts that fix the Z carriage to the X beam on the idler side. The spacer was under the motor side and I had the 2 mm gap the other side. On releasing the last bolt nothing happened You'd expect it to drop either with stress or gravity up it stayed 2 mm above the spacer. That explains why it always end up 2 mm out.
So Question, to adjust the motor side to level:
Is there any adjustment in it? will I have to slot some holes.
Is the only way to slacken the motor side off, to remove the top beam and extruder and lift it off adjust and put on try it and keep doing this until it sits level?
Are there any A30 assembly drawing that might help?
Any thoughts or experience of doing this would be welcome.
Today I removed the bolts that fix the Z carriage to the X beam on the idler side. The spacer was under the motor side and I had the 2 mm gap the other side. On releasing the last bolt nothing happened You'd expect it to drop either with stress or gravity up it stayed 2 mm above the spacer. That explains why it always end up 2 mm out.
So Question, to adjust the motor side to level:
Is there any adjustment in it? will I have to slot some holes.
Is the only way to slacken the motor side off, to remove the top beam and extruder and lift it off adjust and put on try it and keep doing this until it sits level?
Are there any A30 assembly drawing that might help?
Any thoughts or experience of doing this would be welcome.