✅ - Ender 3v1 wobbly bed + bad level [Solved]

[ember echo]

Bed is wobbly and the knobs are hard to work. The one knob cant get any tighter yet it's still too close to the nozzle. Bed level seems inconsistent. Idk how to fix or what to start

Fixed

Unlevel Bed:

X axis gantry was unlevel, leading to over-compensation with bed leveling

• Upped the gantry height to where the bolts are above the power supply
• Loosened the 3 right side Gantry wheels via a normal wrench and Allen Wrench
  Used a ruler to measure each side of the gantrys distance to the top of the printer (be careful to not reduce your gantry height, very easy to do)
• Adjust right side to where it matches in ruler distance to the left side
• While keeping right side in place, carefully re-tighten wheels as you previously loosened them.
• Repeat as needed until satisfactorily level

Wobbly Bed

This was seemingly a loose screw under the bed.

• Use an Normal Wrench and a Allen Wrench to tighten the underbed screws as needed

[vestal panther]

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[lilac prairie]

Do you have springs or...anything between the base plate and the bed? It almost looks like you have just the threaded rod with nothing to act as a tensioned spacer

And too close to the nozzle may also be an issue more so on the z homing switch + the offset value you have set for it

since it doesnt look like you have an autoleveler

[ember echo]

I'll send a photo momentarily

[lilac prairie]

Gotcha, vid make it hard to tell

[ember echo]

Ah, fair

Yeah I got some orange springs, forgot their names. An improvement to stock

[lilac prairie]

I personally did the nylon/rubber spacers instead..so much nicer than springs
Seems like its heavily skewed to one side. Did you check that the bed itself isnt warped or bowing in some way...as well if your gantry is square to the system?

[ember echo]

How do I determine?

[lilac prairie]

Lots of vids on youtube, look up x gantry leveling on ender
As for the bed, put a straightedge (like a metal ruler or something with a consistent machined edge) across it at different points and look for gaps underneath

[ember echo]

Ill check that out. Probably will be more able to do the thing tomorrow - is it the same thing as a protractor?

[lilac prairie]

I mean a protracter can work if its large enough at the base

My old ender has a small bow that I generally have to work around

Can see that slight gap underneath, means the two points at the other ends of the ruler are pulled up, resulting in a "bow" shape

[ember echo]

And that's the bed plate itself, not just the toplayer?

Also took these

Right image is max tight while left one isn't

[lilac prairie]

Its the bed plate + the top layer, but mostly just to show what I was referring to.

And yea those other pics would like seem like your gantry isnt square

and you are over aligning the bed to compensate

[ember echo]

That's the center rail right?

Gantry

[lilac prairie]

Yea, the central rail that the extruder head moves along in the X axis

[ember echo]

Gotcha

[lilac prairie]

The wheels at the right can come loose or wear down and cause the right side to sag, resulting in that crazy misalignment

or just straight up need a yearly recheck

[ember echo]

hm. hopefully it can be fixed

[lilac prairie]

If it is the gantry then yea, Ive redone the leveling process before and it helps a ton

[ember echo]

leveling process?

[lilac prairie]

Gantry alignment/leveling

[flat fiber]

get some silicone springs. wont fix the wavey bed thats a creality special but you wont get wobble

[ember echo]

Oh right I forgot my bed is wobbling...

On the good news

I did manage to level the gantry

It was off a decent amount

[lilac prairie]

That looks like the top part of the frame. The gantry is the beam thr extruder head runs along in X. So the bar that actually has the extruder, belt , wheels, etc on it.
But yes, squaring the frame is def important as well

[ember echo]

No ik, I was measuring from the x bar

Ruler was sitting on the actual gantry

I found the springs I have, idk what these are made of
https://www.amazon.com/Adiyer-Compression-Springs-Printer-Leveling/dp/B07KF9LZ2L

[lilac prairie]

Ahhh ok

[ember echo]

Good news

Test print is all too loose, no more max tension being too close to the nozzle

I may be able to level the bed properly

(This is good)

I notice similar wrench ports on the bottom of the bed as on the gantry, I may try to tighten those up

[flat fiber]

If you have a magnetic bed you can use aluminum foil to reduce the low areas without bending the printbed

[ember echo]

Interesting

I do not have a magnetic plate at this time, but will keep it in mind should that happen

I tightened the bed wrenches a bit and it is less wobbly. I think the printer is adequately fixed

Ender 3v1 wobbly bed + bad level [Solved]

Ty both for your help

[vestal panther]

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