# Suddently Y axis not working

**URL:** <https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/suddently-y-axis-not-working/22113>\
**Category:** LulzBot TAZ\
**Created:** [August 2, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/suddently-y-axis-not-working/22113 "2020-08-02T14:39:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![OyarzoPablo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/977dab/32.png) [@OyarzoPablo](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/OyarzoPablo)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/suddently-y-axis-not-working/22113/1 "2020-08-02T14:39:49Z")

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After just a print the Y-axis stopped working when I was going to print something else right away.  
I updated the firmware, nothing changed.  
All the other axis are working fine. nothing changed.

Here are some [videos](https://mega.nz/folder/agwCBYIb#ZDtTQuHSG4UWYJlQ2cG3Ig)

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**Author:** ![crpalmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@crpalmer](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/crpalmer)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/suddently-y-axis-not-working/22113/2 "2020-08-08T20:17:10Z")

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Probably a dead stepper driver. It could also be a dead stepper or a faulty cable.

To test, swap the x and y axis connectors on the motherboard and see if it moves to the x axis. If so, then swap the cables (at the steppers) to make sure it stays at the x axis. If so, it’s most likely a dead stepper driver.

When this happened to me, I moved the y axis to E1 and updated the firmware like so:

> <https://github.com/crpalmer/lulzbot-marlin/commit/e016a5813ecd5f5c6465c3340b43858e0ae73bdd>

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**Author:** ![OyarzoPablo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/977dab/32.png) [@OyarzoPablo](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/OyarzoPablo)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/suddently-y-axis-not-working/22113/3 "2020-08-09T20:21:59Z")

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> [@crpalmer](#):
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> the cables (at the steppers) to make sure it stays at the x a

That it was, thanks to you and the lulzbot support email