On 10/05/2018 11:17 PM, Roland Jollivet wrote:
Of course you can remove the nut. You just roll it onto a correctly sized
former.
In fact it's a good idea to do this with the linear slides and ballscrews
from china, to give them a wash. While they are greased up and wrapped in
plastic, they are often covered in grinding grit which won't help the
longevity of your drive system.
A trick I've used to clean a ballscrew and nut is to smear
axle grease on the screw and run the nut across the greased
region. You will get lots of unhappy noises. Then, wipe
the grease off the screw, regrease and run the nut to the
opposite end. Inspect the wiped off grease for sparkles,
that is the ground-off steel that was trapped in the nut.
Repeat until the crunching noises stop and you don't see the
sparkles in the wiped-off grease. Then, you know it is
pretty clean inside.
This is less nerve-wracking that taking it apart and
wondering if it has alternate-sized balls or any other
tricks in it.
Jon
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