Quick point on the Melamine Cheapskate parts – they're designed to only go together one way
and it's easy to accidentally flip one or both of them. The easiest way to figure out how they go is to
put the inside and outside carriage plates together with the "eyes" upright and "looking" to the right.
The four bearing holes should match those in the outside carriage plate.
The u-joint carrier bases get installed on the inside carriage plate by pressing their alignment
pins into the holes indicated by the arrows in Fig. 8-6.
Note that these u-joint carriers are an interim design and are simply the original v1 parts that
have had the end posts ground off. You may find that the grinding has removed enough material that
the alignment pin is no longer able to remain in place. If you find that happening, just remove that
alignment pin and hold it in place until you can get the socket head cap screws installed.
From the front side of the u-joint carrier, insert two #6-32, 5/8" socket head cap screws through
the holes indicated. Install two #6-32 Nylon lock nuts on the back and tighten them down using a
7/64" hex wrench and a 5/16" wrench.
Fig. 8-7: Screw locations.
Rostock MAX v2 Assembly Guide
Fig. 8-6:Aligning the u-joint carriage base.
Fig. 8-8: Nylon lock nuts installed.
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