If your Z-belt is broken or needs replacing, here is a guide on how to swap out the belt.
- One side of the x-rods will be glued to the sliders, one side will not.
Hold the slider in one hand, and the x-rack in the other.
- While holding the slider and X Rack, gently pull apart from each other.
Please be careful as to not bend the Z Rods, only a small gap is needed.
- Rotate the slider so the pegs point upwards. The X Axis is now free from the sliders.
- Take the print head and begin to slide it off the x-rack towards the end that is free to
remove from rack.
Set print head aside.
- Next, push down on a corner of the base and pull up on the same corner of the lid to
remove the lid (see picture below for technique)
- With the lid removed, you will see the z-belt running around the four pulleys on each
threaded rod in the corners. Take a hook tool to grab the belt and slip it up and over the
plastic base of the printer.
- Pull the belt up and over the other corners of the printer and remove
- Take new belt and put it around all four threaded rods.
- Pull down the belt around the plastic edges of the printer and replace belt on all four
pulleys.
- Double check belt is not flipped upside down
- Take lid and replace it, aligning all rods into their respective holes
- Replace print head onto the x-rack
- Your printer is now ready for use again
- Please recalibrate the bed location before printing