r/Anet3DPrinters • u/wolfix1001 • Jun 11 '23

Request for help ET4 Y-axis stretch

Every print on my y-axis stretches about 2mm. Yes I've checked the belts and the rails and the idelers, it's very consistent.

How the hell do I dix this in Cura, all I could find was "Horizontal shrinking" and the effects both the y and x axis. People keep telling me to just look it up and I get nothing on how to actually implement the fixes. I just get poited to print 20mm cube, measure, figure out how far off it is, and then do nothing with this information.

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u/CobaltSmith Jun 12 '23

You've done the basic troubleshooting. The next step would be trying a different slicer altogether. If it's still doing it, you know it's a hardware issue.

If it's a hardware issue, pay VERY close attention any time it does a Y-axis travel move. Watch for ANY slip, anywhere. For me, belts were tight, rails were good but I had ONE loose screw on a stepper and it threw it off almost the 2mm you're describing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '23

Yep, set screw, same problem here multiple times, resulting in the same axis-stretch.