RJ45 X-Cable Repair for Replicator 2/2X

This repairs a common mode failure of the Replicator 2/2X.

The X-axis cables on these printers regularly fail due to repeated bending caused by the forward and backward motion of the gantry. So instead of just replacing the stepper motor cable assembly and end stop cable assembly every time this happens, this repair replaces the length of cable that bends with a 0.5m RJ45 Cat-5 ethernet cable. This way if the replacement ethernet cable fails you just unclip it and insert another one - easy peasy - see instructions.

Do a search for keystone rj45 on eBay to find these terminals.

So far I have done 400 hours of printing with this repair - without incident =)

The Alu-Carridge and Alu-X-Ends that you can see in the photos installed on my Repicator 2 are by Carl Raffle, and the Aluminium Z arms and HBP are by Bottleworks.