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thememonster
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How long should the steppers last?

I got my MK3 early last year and have been having a blast printing all sorts of stuff. However at this point, with about 95 days of print time according to the printer, the y-axis makes some fun buzzing noises that oddly get louder and more obnoxious when in stealth mode. And the other axes aren't as quiet as they used to be either. At this point, due to the way that the noise behaves, I have come to the conclusion that the y-axis stepper is faulty

I understand that nearly 100 days is a not-insignificant amount of time and some wear on the motion components should be expected, but I am curious as to how long I should expect them to last? Did I get some faulty steppers with my kit? Is there any maintenance that I should do/should have done to help them last longer? 

Posted : 18/08/2020 4:46 pm
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