MK3S Crooked / Skewed Extruder Motor
I finished assembling my MK3S today and went nuts thinking I assembled it wrong. The extruder motor looks slightly tilted counter clockwise. I gave everything a good look and discovered that the physical motor is skewed.
I contacted a rep from LDO Motors, in Discord, and he suggested that it looked like the motor was disassembled. I checked in with Prusa support and they said it’s fine as long as I’m getting good results.
A friend of mine saw this on his motor, as well. Has anyone else seen this?
Re: MK3S Crooked / Skewed Extruder Motor
I never noticed it, but if I put a level on the front frame of my motor, it's not exactly parallel with the rear frame of the motor. They are very close, but not exactly the same. It's been that way since I bought the original MK3 over a year ago. Works fine.
That little row of dots is also present when I get the light at the right angle to make them show up.
RE: MK3S Crooked / Skewed Extruder Motor
Same for me, seems to print ok but what do I know this my first 3D printer.
RE: MK3S Crooked / Skewed Extruder Motor
RE: MK3S Crooked / Skewed Extruder Motor
Now that you're mentioning it, mine is skewed as well (i3 MK3 from late last year).
But I guess as long as the axis of the motor is perpendicular to the x-axis of the printer it shouldn't be a problem if the motor casing is rotated around said axis. At least that is what geometry and logic would suggest.
RE: MK3S Crooked / Skewed Extruder Motor
I have been printing fine for a few days now, so maybe nothing to worry about
RE: MK3S Crooked / Skewed Extruder Motor
The same issue at my site. I finished assembling today and noticed that as well. Did anyone try to fix it? I don't like crooked things :-).