Cracked Motor Mount
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 4:55 pm
Hello everyone. I thought I'd share a problem I encountered while upgrading to the V4 Hot-end. I was in the assembly process when I noticed several cracks in the printed motor mount.
I'll be ordering the Metal Motor Mount, but till it arrives I've "Super Glued" the largest of the cracks. I've read that the Metal Motor Mount needs some printed parts for the wiring, so hopefully the glue will work.
I've had the M2 for over a year and there have been no problems to date. I'm counting myself lucky that I had a (recent) filament jam, which required me to disassemble the V3 hot-end and ultimately screw up the barrel (despite warnings from other members
).
Lessons learned:
Check the pieces before disassembly.
Add a visual inspection to ALL components during maintenance cycles.
Mike
- Full pic of motor mount
- Crack in the wiring harness body
- Crack in the Mount body
- Crack in mount body
I've had the M2 for over a year and there have been no problems to date. I'm counting myself lucky that I had a (recent) filament jam, which required me to disassemble the V3 hot-end and ultimately screw up the barrel (despite warnings from other members
).Lessons learned:
Check the pieces before disassembly.
Add a visual inspection to ALL components during maintenance cycles.
Mike