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Introduction
Linear Guides are an essential component to all BLV platforms. With a wide range on the market, it’s best to know how to clean and maintain your Linear Guides and MGN carriage blocks.
A 400mm Hiwin Linear Guides can cost around $60 USD. For a full set for the cube it’d cost $300 for Hiwin Linear Guides($360 for triple Z).
Where as you can get a cheap unknown brands off Amazon for $23. A full set would cost $115( $138 for triple Z).
Some possible causes of a linear guide not working properly are:
* Bearing balls that are the wrong size (slightly oversized or undersized).
* An inconsistent diameter of a few balls in the carriage.
* Thick grease that prevents the balls from rolling freely.
* Burrs (leftover pieces of metal from machining) on the linear guide or in the carriage channels.
* A mismatch in size between the carriage and the rail. The carriage is slightly too big for the rail, or vice versa.