Mutoh Techs????

[bendeane]

Any mutoh techs in the Kansas City area? Need a CR Motor...I think...replaced asap...got a VJ1614.

 

[CS-SignSupply]

Contact GrafxNetwork to see if they have any techs out your way... also a MM here

 

[jhanson]

Give SPS-I a shout. They've got a tech at the Lenexa office who might be able to help.

http://www.sps-i.com/index.php?option=com_contact&view=category&catid=33&Itemid=230

 

[pjfmeister]

Call the Gregory office in kc...they are great to work with

 

[bendeane]

Thanks for the info. Got a new motor from mutoh and put it in myself. Was a little afraid at first, but she's running smoother than ever. Didn't renew the warranty and Murphy filed a lawsuit about a month later, LOL.

Thanks again for the leads.

 

[bendeane]

Some noise that still concerns me...

So I changed the motor out, cleaned the encoder strip, cleaned and lubed the bearing raceways and there are still times when on the return trip to the right side of the printer, the carriage unit sounds like a whining dog. It would do this before I changed the motor and it didn't do it for awhile after I changed the motor and now it is doing it again.

Any other suggestions? I took the back panel off and couldn't find any blaring hairs, dust, fibers, etc. on the raceway track in the back.

Thought I'd see if anyone had similar experiences with this.

Mutoh VJ1614.

Thanks,
Ben

 

[jhanson]

May have a grooved raceway or a damaged bearing. Are there any grooves or ruts in the upper (rear) raceway track?

 

[tgrinds]

Might be the CR belt. Apply a little grease. That might help if it's not the carriage itself. I've had that happen before.

 

[h82loose]

Did you clean the 4 races for the bearing? Did you lube them after? If you did the previous, I have seen several times that the belt is loose. Try tightening it. If you take the left end covers off, watch the belt. Make sure it seats smoothly while it is running.