# My belts wont retract **URL:** \ **Category:** Troubleshooting\ **Tags:** retraction\ **Created:** [September 2, 2024, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-belts-wont-retract/22199 "2024-09-02T09:01:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chenobi316](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/chenobi316/32/23224_2.png) [@Chenobi316](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Chenobi316)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-belts-wont-retract/22199/1 "2024-09-02T09:01:39Z")
all my belts other then one are not retracting i just swapped out my pcb calibrated and it was working well i took some time to modify my Gcode and when i came back to extend the belts they stoped funtioning . when i push on them ---
**Author:** ![bar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/bar/32/10_2.png) [@bar](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/bar)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-belts-wont-retract/22199/2 "2024-09-03T17:04:12Z")
I’m not quite sure I understand what you are saying. Can you describe what is going on in a little more detail? ---
**Author:** ![Chenobi316](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/chenobi316/32/23224_2.png) [@Chenobi316](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Chenobi316)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-belts-wont-retract/22199/3 "2024-09-03T22:39:44Z")
oh it seems like part of my post did not send 3 of my belts won’t retract i found on the forms this link and it seems like that my same issue [https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/m4-cut-fail-not-much-info-but-potential-z-axis-bug-after-stop/20829/44](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/m4-cut-fail-not-much-info-but-potential-z-axis-bug-after-stop/20829/44) ---
**Author:** ![bar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/bar/32/10_2.png) [@bar](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/bar)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-belts-wont-retract/22199/4 "2024-09-03T23:56:13Z")
Are you seeing the behavior where when you push on the belts they are extending instead of when you pull? ---
**Author:** ![Chenobi316](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/chenobi316/32/23224_2.png) [@Chenobi316](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Chenobi316)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-belts-wont-retract/22199/5 "2024-09-04T20:14:51Z")
yes that does seem how it is behaving ---
**Author:** ![bar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/bar/32/10_2.png) [@bar](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/bar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-belts-wont-retract/22199/6 "2024-09-04T21:51:24Z")
That for sure sounds like the same issue. Does soldering the encoders like [this](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/soldering-floating-encoder-board-pin/21837) feel like something you want to do? If not DM me your address and we’ll ship you some that have already been soldered! ---
**Author:** ![Chenobi316](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/chenobi316/32/23224_2.png) [@Chenobi316](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Chenobi316)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-belts-wont-retract/22199/7 "2024-09-04T22:33:02Z")
i can solder them and update you on the status if there is no change ill reach out thank for confirmation i just wanted to be sure before i started diggin in