After about 1 1/2 years of fairly steady usage, i have decided to do some maintenance. I put it off due to the difficulties I have read about with the lower Z bearings.
What maintenance is done to the Y axis? I don’t see any bearing ports.
I have watched many videos and read the posts but have not ready anything about Y axis bearings on an S5.
Are there ports and,if yes, where are they?
Yes, there are ports. They are at the ends of the Linear Rail Blocks, closed up by M4 pan head screws.
If you have trouble with this, let us know at support@carbide3d.com (and mention that you’ve already seen the above link so we don’t send it again).
You have to look along the ball screw to both sides of the y transom. Get a flash light and you will see the bearing and the grub screw.
Use the bulbed siringe and fill it up until it flows out.
Wait a minute or so and repeat.
Not fun, but functional.
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I have and HDZ. I have removed it before to oil the lower bearings but will not do that anymore. You can access the top bearings and oil them and the oil seeps down and will oil the rail and the lower bearing. I would suggest you oil the top bearings on successive days to get the oil down into the lower bearings.
One caution is after oiling your Z bearings is to place a paper towel under the parked Z because oil will drip down on your spoilboard. Also right after oiling wipe off the very bottom of the rails because oil can drip down and fall on your project.
Not oiling the lower bearings is not what C3D recommends but they get oiled from the upper ones and riding on the oiled up rails. Do what you think best.
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