# Z - axis doesn’t work, and X-axis is moving really fast and making strange noise
**URL:** https://forum.formlabs.com/t/z-axis-doesn-t-work-and-x-axis-is-moving-really-fast-and-making-strange-noise/35889
**Category:** Support & Troubleshooting
**Created:** [March 24, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/z-axis-doesn-t-work-and-x-axis-is-moving-really-fast-and-making-strange-noise/35889 "2023-03-24T02:14:15Z")
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### Author:  [@MGShelton](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/MGShelton)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/z-axis-doesn-t-work-and-x-axis-is-moving-really-fast-and-making-strange-noise/35889/1 "2023-03-24T02:14:15Z")
This company gave me a form 2 printer and when I got it after I turned it on the first time it all seemed fine but the z-axis wouldn’t move. So I took a look down the motors shaft and there was resin that was spilt in it so I disassembled the printer carefully and cleaned it out the motor had resin in it and there was resin over a lot of components. I used denatured alcohol to clean up the resin but I use very little on paper towels or qtips. Once I got everything back together the x-axis motor for the resin holder is moving very slow when moved manually. However It moves fast when it starts up and makes a loud grinding noise.
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### Author:  [@Jennifer\_K](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Jennifer_K)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/z-axis-doesn-t-work-and-x-axis-is-moving-really-fast-and-making-strange-noise/35889/2 "2023-03-24T13:50:55Z")
Hello @MGShelton,
Thank you for reaching out about your Form2 printer. The difficulty here is that the x-stage and z-stage motors aren’t replaceable. The best you can do is thoroughly clean them out and see if the printer will run a print successfully.
Kind regards,
-Jen
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### Author:  [@MGShelton](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/MGShelton)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/z-axis-doesn-t-work-and-x-axis-is-moving-really-fast-and-making-strange-noise/35889/3 "2023-03-24T14:47:49Z")
What would be causing the x-axis to be doing what it’s doing. It wasn’t like that before it was taken apart to clean it so there’s something else going on.
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### Author:  [@Jesse\_K](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Jesse_K)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/z-axis-doesn-t-work-and-x-axis-is-moving-really-fast-and-making-strange-noise/35889/4 "2023-03-26T19:54:31Z")
Hi @MGShelton,
The grinding noise may be caused by a damaged or contaminated limit switch leading to unintended motor movement. I would encourage you to share a video demonstrating the noise with [our Support Team](https://support.formlabs.com/s/contact-support?language=en_US) for them to narrow this down further.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/z-axis-doesn-t-work-and-x-axis-is-moving-really-fast-and-making-strange-noise/35889/5 "2023-09-25T07:55:12Z")
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