# X axis motor

**URL:** <https://community.inventables.com/t/x-axis-motor/34752>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 3, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/x-axis-motor/34752 "2017-03-03T11:33:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![PatrickDunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@PatrickDunne](https://community.inventables.com/u/PatrickDunne)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/x-axis-motor/34752/1 "2017-03-03T11:33:08Z")

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My X axis motor is playing up, I have loosened the belt to see it the motor would jog and it won’t move, just judder’s, has the motor packed up, do these motors pack up easily, if so I better get some spares

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**Author:** ![HaldorLonningdal](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/haldorlonningdal/32/72377_2.png) [@HaldorLonningdal](https://community.inventables.com/u/HaldorLonningdal)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/x-axis-motor/34752/2 "2017-03-03T11:47:38Z")

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Motor can fail for sure but then again they should take quite a beating.  
Have you tried hooking that motor up to a different axis iin order to rule out motor/motor driver?

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**Author:** ![PatrickDunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@PatrickDunne](https://community.inventables.com/u/PatrickDunne)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/x-axis-motor/34752/3 "2017-03-03T13:07:36Z")

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Thank’s for the reply, I have just swapped the X motor with the Y and it’s still the same, Y axis is fine, so it does not seem to be the motor, I am not sure what to try next

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**Author:** ![ErikJenkins](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/erikjenkins/32/84368_2.png) [@ErikJenkins](https://community.inventables.com/u/ErikJenkins)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/x-axis-motor/34752/5 "2017-03-03T13:28:00Z")

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Check your wiring, something may have come loose from vibration this will cause this as well.

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**Author:** ![PatrickDunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@PatrickDunne](https://community.inventables.com/u/PatrickDunne)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/x-axis-motor/34752/6 "2017-03-03T14:00:43Z")

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I tried a reboot which did not work and then checked all the wiring and tightened all connections and that has worked , I was using a jigsaw underneath the table this moning and there was a lot of vibration from that, so that must have caused it, so thank you all for your help

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**Author:** ![PatrickDunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@PatrickDunne](https://community.inventables.com/u/PatrickDunne)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/x-axis-motor/34752/8 "2017-03-03T18:20:32Z")

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Yes Phil, it was in the barrier strip, I will fix spade connectors to all wires now, thank’s