Here is the video of the stepping motors’ cables swapping. As i said in the video, when trying the X axis on the arrows it worked well because it was the Y axis stepping motor working and when i tried the Y axis on the arrows (i said X axis instead of Y axis when i pressed the up and down arrows seems it’s a common mistake jkwilborn ), the motor went berserk again since it was the X axis stepping motor…
I think i will try to replace the X axis home switch (you can see the new one in the video )
I’ll let you know in -i don’t how long i’ll take me to replace it - what happens.
Olivier.
EDIT : My previous message didn’t send because of spam restrictions : " Hi everyone ! Thanks for all your messages. I will try to do that tomorrow (Swap the stepper motor drivers). I bought a new one (not from your link since i live in France ) and if the test is positive that it is the X driver’s failure, i’ll replace it."
I’ll keep you posted with questions, videos and pictures
So not a driver problem. I don’t know what failed stepper motor looks like, but still looks like when they are driven into something. So you checked that it moves freely when power is removed, so I would try stepper motor.
The problem is still with that stepper motor or the X axis. If both motors are the same I would swap motors. If problem, then is still on X axis it is an X axis problem.
I don’t know exactly what you swapped. Did you do A or B?
You need to do a swap at A to determine if the controller is sending the correct signals. If the problem follows the swap, the controller isn’t sending the right signals. We would need to look at that motor driver setup… if the controller broke
I was editing my previous message but you were faster
In fact i think swapping physically the motors won’t change a thing if i already tried swapping all the cables no ?
I tried the brand new home switch on the X axis and it lights up when i touch it with the screwdriver. So i guess this one is working.
About the motors i swapped all this :
i was certainly not clear in my video sorry.
Swapping the purple ones doesn’t move the problem. It’s the same motor that is in fault (the one physically on the X axis).
Face the truth and realize when you change anything out on these, it’s really plug and
If it works, great…
My old eyes can’t really read the specifications pretty well, but I did notice that the holding torque on one is Nm the other is in Kg/cm. Did you convert them before you made a comparison.
NEMA is a standard… They should fit as a NEMA 23 is the case size, excluding depth, and some other items.
I would just get the same motor. Are X and Y motors both the same? If so I would swap them. I personally don’t think you have a bad motor, but hard to remotely diagnose.
seems it’s a common mistake jkwilborn 
), the motor went berserk again since it was the X axis stepping motor…
- what happens.
