# Check the four belt drives of Maslow4 before final assembly?

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**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [April 14, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/check-the-four-belt-drives-of-maslow4-before-final-assembly/20663 "2024-04-14T22:56:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Parkhill](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/john_parkhill/32/23706_2.png) [@John\_Parkhill](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/John_Parkhill)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/check-the-four-belt-drives-of-maslow4-before-final-assembly/20663/1 "2024-04-14T22:56:36Z")

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I got 3/4 belt motors working the first try and both Z axes but I’m going to need to disassemble in order to address one belt. Incidentally it has a yellow light on it’s encoder ethernet port (none of my other belt drives have one). I don’t know exactly what that means. Hopefully it’s just a jam up, and I don’t need a new encoder on that drive.

I’m pretty sure it would be an easier setup to wire up and retract the belt drives to make sure they work before final assembly.

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**Author:** ![John\_Parkhill](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/john_parkhill/32/23706_2.png) [@John\_Parkhill](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/John_Parkhill)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/check-the-four-belt-drives-of-maslow4-before-final-assembly/20663/2 "2024-04-14T22:57:19Z")

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If anyone already has opinons about the fastest way to get belt drives off the machine, I’d love to hear them. 🙂

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**Author:** ![John\_Parkhill](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/john_parkhill/32/23706_2.png) [@John\_Parkhill](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/John_Parkhill)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/check-the-four-belt-drives-of-maslow4-before-final-assembly/20663/3 "2024-04-15T01:09:29Z")

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Just updating the max current setting to 1800 got all four to retract… On to calibration. I still think it would be a better idea to test the belts and electronics before final assembly.

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**Author:** ![smarcus3](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/smarcus3/32/26517_2.png) [@smarcus3](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/smarcus3)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/check-the-four-belt-drives-of-maslow4-before-final-assembly/20663/4 "2024-04-15T01:37:16Z")

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I also agree with this. Each arm could be tested prior to final assembly which would save people alot of grief.