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Step 04.29 — B drive: upper frame face down, two M5×30 BHCS

Step 29 of 38 · Chapter 04 — A/B drive units and front idlers

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gather Gather for this segment — steps 04.29–04.37 (~45 min)

Motion box

  • F695 bearing ×6
  • GT2 20 T 6 mm pulley ×1

Fasteners, Tools & Misc box

  • M5×30 BHCS ×2
  • M5 precision spacer ×6
  • M3×30 SHCS ×3

Motor Kit box

  • stepper motor, 0.9° A/B ×1

Printed parts

  • b_drive_frame_upper ×1 · bin 04-B
  • b_drive_frame_lower ×1 · bin 04-B

Tools and consumables

  • printed pulley_jig.stl · bin 00-jigs
  • caliper
  • Loctite 243
  • 1.5 mm hex key
  • free end of the 6 mm belt reel, uncut
  • masking tape
  • marker

Already on the bench

  • the pulley's two set screws
  • the B motor with its pulley

Parts:

  • b_drive_frame_upper ×1 · bin 04-B
  • M5×30 BHCS ×2 · Fasteners, Tools & Misc box

Do: As at Step 04.20: flat face up, drop an M5×30 BHCS into each of the two 5.4 mm holes, then turn the frame over so the heads are underneath and the threads stand up.

check Check

This is a B part: no cutout and no heat-set inserts. Either one means you picked up the A frame.

What you're looking at

Manual p.77 and the same pair render: b_drive_frame_upper, laid out the same upside-down way. This is the B part, with no cutout lobe on the base plate and no insert bosses. Seeing either means you picked up the A frame.

Source: Voron manual p.77