Bearing support for use with Inner Y rail mount

prusaprinters

<p>I like a lot of tension on my Y belt, and I was worried that only having one side of the NEMA motor shaft supported could cause damage over time. So, this is an attempt at reinforcing that shaft by adding a bearing on the other side. This requires a single 605ZZ 5x14x5 5mm/14mm/5mm 605Z Miniature Ball Deep Groove Radial Ball Bearings, though you can add two of them if you have a particularily long motor shaft.</p> <h3>Print instructions</h3><h3>Category: 3D Printer Parts Summary</h3> <p>I like a lot of tension on my Y belt, and I was worried that only having one side of the NEMA motor shaft supported could cause damage over time. So, this is an attempt at reinforcing that shaft by adding a bearing on the other side. This requires a single 605ZZ 5x14x5 5mm/14mm/5mm 605Z Miniature Ball Deep Groove Radial Ball Bearings, though you can add two of them if you have a particularily long motor shaft.</p> <h3> Instructions</h3> <p>Print it out, and stick the bearing in place. If you have a particularily short shaft, you may need to trim either the motor mount or the back of the support itself slightly for clearance. This will only work with the allignment of <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:221557">http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:221557</a> as far as I know.</p>