3/17/25
X axis stepper making bad noises
Checked flex harness on RH side of machine, found an open circuit wire:
Fix: used blue butt-splice inline, placing wire back inside the wire loom The butt splice is about 3" from the moving end of the flexible wire loom - if it fails again, this is the first place to look
Note: a soldered connection with heat shrink over might be a better solution, if the butt splice fails early, try that next time.
Also attached the flex wire loom to its anchor on the machine frame.