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Ch 0527 / 48

Step 05.27 — Close the right XY joint

Step 27 of 48 · Chapter 05 — Gantry: X and Y axes, XY joints, X carriage, titanium backers

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Parts:

  • xy_joint_right_lower_MGN12 with its three M5 nuts · already on the bench

Do: Bring the joint body down over the bearing stack so the M5×40's thread enters the nut pocket you loaded at Step 05.25. The two halves must meet with no gap and no bearing pinched between them.

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Halves closed flat, bolt engaged in its nut, bearing stack still turning by finger.

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The lower body comes down over the bearing stack and the M5×40's thread picks up one of its seated M5 nuts. The two halves must close plastic-to-plastic with no gap; a bearing pinched between them drags on the belt until Ch 07 finds it.

Source: Voron manual p.97 · Video: Part 3 @1:28:26 (differs: pre-release kit had no titanium rail backers)