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Figure 5-14
Figure 5-15
5.11 Install Y‑Axis Belts
Each Y-Axis belt kit includes a pair of belt clips: one
which will sit at the front endplate and one which
will sit at the back endplate.
See
Fig. 5-14
. Each
belt clip has a small slotted tab on one side. When
positioned correctly, the slotted tab will face to the
INSIDE of the machine. The M3 screw in the belt
kit screws through the small slotted tab and into
the top of the rail, preventing the belt clip from
twisting when the M5 screw securing the belt clip
to the endplate is fully tightened.
Refer back to
necessary.
5.12 Install Y‑Left Belt
1. Insert one end of the belt into the Y-Left front
belt clip (the slotted tab will be facing to the
INSIDE of the machine.
2. Place the belt clip on the Y-Left rail at the
front-left endplate.
See
Fig. 5-15
.
a. Small slotted tab sits over the M3 screw
hole in the top of the rail.
b. Ensure belt teeth interlock where they
meet at the clip.
c. Ensure teeth face down as the belt
extends along the rail.
3. Use a 2.5mm hex key and one (1)
M3×6mm
BHCS
to LOOSELY secure the belt clip to the
threaded M3 hole in the top of the rail.
See
Fig. 5-15
.
4. Use a 4mm hex key and one (1) M5×12mm
SHCS to secure the clip to the front-left
endplate. Fully tighten.
a. Insert the SHCS from the front side of the
endplate.
5. Use a 2.5mm hex key to fully tighten the M3
BHCS on the top of the rail.
6. Thread the belt, teeth down, under the two
idlers on the Y-Left carriage.
7. Push a loop of belt up between the two
idlers. Use a small hex key to pull the loop up
between the idlers, if necessary.
