The bolts were tighter than they should be. This is how it sounds now. Still pretty noisy. Watch the movie.
Replace the front stop collar with Tension Nut and pull the screw into tension. That'll pull the whip out of that slightly bent leadscrew While you have it apart, replace the Thrust bearing Thrust Bearing
But I just replaced the thrust bearings with needle bearings. Those are brand new and making that much noise. Do I have too much tension on my screw maybe?
I think the wobbly leadscrew is making the thrust bearing move side to side a little. Needle bearings, unlike the recommended Thrust bearings from out store, need more perfect axial alignment. However, the unwanted movement would wear either of them out in due course. The newer machine designs like the LEAD1515 and later revisions of the Workbee uses the Tensioned leadscrew to mitigate the whipping - its an easy upgrade. Minimalist example of the tension stackup:
so you are saying I need to tension my lead screws more and that will help with the noise? I had tightened it after I replaced the thrust bearings but I could go tighter if you think that would help. I have the little tension knob that screws onto the end of the lead screw.
Do you already have tension? From the video I see a stop collar, not a tensioning nut? (Gotcha the seperate tensioning tool thingy) I still see a lot of whip in the leadscrew on the video - if its too bent to tension, you might need to replace the screw
It came with Stop Collars. So that's what I used. I like the looks of the Tension Nuts and will probably get them. I had put "some" tension on the screw but not a ton. I could go tighter. I was worried I have too much tension and blow out my thrust bearing again. Should I go as tight as I can get?
I think he means the clicking noise - particularly because he already had a worn thrust bearing because of it
I'm having new issue now. The right side of the gantry is binding along the y axis. And I can't figure out why... The left side keeps moving and the right side stops and the x axis binds up. I suspect my lead screw is slipping in the coupler but for whatever reason I can't get tightened down.
Try lowering Acceleration and Max Rate values for Y (In Grbl Settings) just to rule out parameters - with the leadscrew nice and tensioned and the anti backlash nut set - perhaps the parameters are just a little optimistic causing the motor to stall
I don't but its as easy as OpenBuildsCONTROL > Connect > click Grbl Settings tab > scroll down to Y axis acceleration > type in a lower number. Repeat for Y axis Max Rate too. Click Save and Reset when prompted. Do another test
