# TAZ4 resonance on the Y-axis?

**URL:** <https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz4-resonance-on-the-y-axis/1235>\
**Category:** LulzBot TAZ\
**Created:** [February 4, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz4-resonance-on-the-y-axis/1235 "2015-02-04T01:45:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonzky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@Jonzky](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Jonzky)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz4-resonance-on-the-y-axis/1235/1 "2015-02-04T01:45:05Z")

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I got my TAZ a few weeks ago (it’s my first printer) and its been running great - My knowledge of printers/hardware is really limited at the moment, so if I make any mistakes please let me know.

There’s quite a noticeable resonance/vibrations when its moving along the Y-axis around the midpoint of the plate. If I move it with the nozzle low (few mm’s from the plate), its very noticeable when going to Y-home (but there’s nothing in the opposite direction). If I move the extruder up (around 50mm and beyond in the Z-axis) then it’s noticeable when moving away from Y-home. Its pretty noisy/the table its on vibrates strongly when it occurs and though I mainly notice it when moving the extruder around (via printrun) but it’s noticeable during prints as well.

Is this normal for the printer?

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**Author:** ![Jonzky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@Jonzky](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Jonzky)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz4-resonance-on-the-y-axis/1235/2 "2015-02-05T12:59:32Z")

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Here’s a picture showing the effect of it on the bed-calibration print (though I haven’t seen this sort of effect on other prints)

[http://i.imgur.com/12LoHbg.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/12LoHbg.jpg)

This video shows the sound when running the bed calibration print (best to watch it 40 seconds onwards).  
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAIT-5d7-m4&](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAIT-5d7-m4&)

Anyone have any clue/advice? (assuming this is abnormal for the printer).

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**Author:** ![Brew4You](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ebca7d/32.png) [@Brew4You](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Brew4You)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz4-resonance-on-the-y-axis/1235/3 "2015-02-17T06:20:13Z")

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check this post. [https://forum.lulzbot.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1316&start=40](https://forum.lulzbot.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1316&start=40)  
kinda old now but I just posted some instructions on how to do erv’s bearing modification, given your description this could solve your problem. let me know if you have questions.