Received my Ender 3 V3 today. After setting up the printer as per the instruction manual, I started a print.
I noticed that there is a rather loud sound whenever the printer makes a long movement in the x-axis. I’ve watched video reviews of the Ender 3 V3 and did not see this
Is this normal?
No, it’s not normal! Check the belt tension, bearings, bushings, etc.
What slicer did you use?
I’m using Creality Print 5.1
And you have gone through all the setups and greased the rails, etc.?. What file are you trying to print?
Yup, I’ve gone through all the setups and applied grease to the rails. I’m was printing a simple hanger that any 3D printer should have been able to print.
I’ve also contacted Creality’s customer service and apparently they told me:
This is a normal sound, you can lubricate the XY axis.
Hello @Ffeew …! 
Welcome to the Creality Forum…! 
My V-3 Plus makes that sound. Not quite as loud but the prints comes out great. I haven’t made any adjustments to it.
Did your hanger print out ok…?
Have you tried other prints with same sounding results? Can you send a link to the file- I’ll try it on mine.
yup, the print came out fine, but the amount of wear looks a little suspicious.
The rod on top appears to experience significantly more wear than the bottom.
Yup, all the other prints I’ve tried had the same issue, whenever the print head makes a long movement in the x-axis, it will produce a loud sound. But when the magnitude of the movement is relatively small, it is rather silent.
Here’s the link to the file as well as the gcode.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1f-GEhAZUrB4xTVOWAZG59muTeeAZnVig?usp=sharing
I couldn’t tell but are those x axis bushings supposed to be greased…? I’m wondering if they are the same graphite self lubricating type like on the K models that are not supposed to be greased. Just cleaned… I haven’t taken mine apart yet.
hmmm, not really sure if they are the graphite self lubricating type, but Creality’s customer service advised me to lubricate the x and y axes. Plus, the printer came with a tube of lube
Mine showed the same type of black grease buildup after initial use.I cleaned the grease off and reapplied it several times. After a while the black buildup decreased. I’ll print this file tomorrow and report back on the noise.
I tried printing this STL file, but… My machine would not get up to temperature, then the print head moved about half way up the z axis and then started moving back and forth over a very short distance along the x axis, making a loud noise.Had to abort whatever was going on. Very strange.
tengo el mismo problema, también se escucha ese ruido al imprimir circulos.
encontró la solución ?
posiblemente sea normal para este modelo
I just received one too and mine does not make that loud of a sound. Sounds like an old office printer.
I can’t imagine that being normal in spite of the replies I see here! I have a friend with that exact printer, and it didn’t sound anything like that. I have the K1C, the X-axis looks to be pretty similar. If my printer made noise a fraction that loud, I’d be looking for the cause before I printed again!
That black grease is perfectly normal. If you wish you can clean those spots. But they will be present every time after you grease the rails. These are not indications of unusual wear on the rods.
This sounds like the issue I had with a V3 SE.
The linear rods are likely scored, the only check is to strip the the two rods out with the head and try to rotate the rods, if they stick then they are scored.
An easier check may be to remove the drive belt and manually move the head from side to side, if you feel any resistance or “gritty” feel then the rods are scored.
You can get replacement rods and bearings quite easily if you send Creality a video of obviously defective parts, only issue is time and fixing it yorself.
You should try adjusting the set screws for the lower bearing. Remove the front cover and look to the right/left of the hotend. You will find two set screws. These screws will allow more or less movement in the bearing. If they are too tight you will get a lot of resistance against the bushing and it can cause noise. Try backing each one out 1/4 turn and see if it helps.
Also, I want to clarify a few things for you all.
