Easy One; Rod Slides Out

[LesHall 95]

Hey all, the back (top) rod on my Ultimaker 2+ slid out to the left to the point that the right side fell out of it's mounting hole and the print head made a noise at one side of the print. The noise is what alerted me to it. I put the rod back into place and now it is slowly sliding out to the left again.

Is this a loose collar or both collars loose? My guess is the left one is loose. Thanks in advance.

Les

[stu_le_brew 42]

Hi Les,

Its a problem I had initially with my UM2, its caused by the collars/pulleys coming loose.

you should center everything then tighten all small allen/hex screws on all pulleys

should be a quick solution

good luck

[LesHall 95]

TY, I only tightened the loose collar. I'll go back and tighten all of them at the next opportune moment - good idea to check them all!

Les

[StephanK 30]

Les,

I had the same problem with my UM2+. Turned out pretty much all of them were lose. There's also a paragraph on the issue over at 3dverkstan.se: http://support.3dverkstan.se/article/23-a-visual-ultimaker-troubleshooting-guide#protrudingaxes