# Maintenance guide / schedule?
**URL:** https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/maintenance-guide-schedule/9293
**Category:** Sovol SV08 MAX
**Created:** [December 26, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/maintenance-guide-schedule/9293 "2025-12-26T01:58:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@240degrees](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/240degrees)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/maintenance-guide-schedule/9293/1 "2025-12-26T01:58:35Z")
Howdy, folks.
The Sovol site mentions the importance of maintenance but doesn’t provide much in the way of guidance. Just a pretty generic bullet list of tasks to perform periodically. For example it mentions lubing belts once a week – but with what? Graphite powder? Sewing machine oil? Something else?
Anyone aware of a maintenance guide/schedule? Even something third-party. The nearest I’ve found is a couple of resources for the SV08 non-MAX and a couple of the other printers like the SV06.
Thx.
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### Author:  [@mich0111](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/mich0111)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2025, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/maintenance-guide-schedule/9293/2 "2025-12-26T10:47:54Z")
Hello,
You will find plenty of maintenance tips for 3D printers online.
The steps are always the same.
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### Author:  [@Lion](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/Lion)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/maintenance-guide-schedule/9293/3 "2025-12-26T11:58:49Z")
> [@240degrees](#):
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> Sewing machine oil
I use Sewing Machine Oil on all my printers.
I do not own a Max, once once a week seems excessive to me.
I would do once a month, but it all depends on how much printing your doing.
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### Author:  [@cardoc](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/cardoc)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/maintenance-guide-schedule/9293/4 "2025-12-27T00:23:59Z")
> [@240degrees](#):
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> For example it mentions lubing belts once a week
The belts should NOT be lubed with anything ever. The belt rollers need lube but I thought they had sealed ball bearings so oil on the outside won’t help the bearings.
The linear slides need lubrication.
> **[How to Lubricate Small Linear Rails: MGN7, MGN9, MGN12, MGW7, MGW9, MGW12 | LiMo](https://bulk.limobearing.com/blog-post)**
Method 3 using silicone grease is the preferred method if you can access the ports.
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### Author:  [@240degrees](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/240degrees)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/maintenance-guide-schedule/9293/5 "2025-12-27T01:10:32Z")
Ok! So! Here’s about all I could find on the Sovol site:
> **[Essential 3D Printer Maintenance Tips to Improve Print Quality](https://www.sovol3d.com/blogs/news/essential-3d-printer-maintenance-tips-for-better-print-quality?_pos=1&_psq=mainten&_ss=e&_v=1.0)**
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> Improve print quality and extend your printer’s life with essential 3D printer maintenance steps, including cleaning, lubrication, and calibration.
which does mention lube but **does not** mention lubing belts. On other forums, including reddit I think, folks mentioned lubing belts and that was sort of counter my expectations. Which is why I came here to ask if there was something like a service manual. For example, with most motorcycles and automobiles the manufacturer will either offer, maybe for sale, a service manual or many times you can get one from a third-party.
Doesn’t sound like that exists for Sovol(s). Counter to other comments here, I’m not finding a lot in the way of general 3d printer maintenance guidance either. Certainly not at the level of, say, a dirt bike like I mentioned above.
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### Author:  [@tingo](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/tingo)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/maintenance-guide-schedule/9293/6 "2025-12-27T18:10:12Z")
FWIW, I have never lubed a toothed belt on a 3D printer. What you want is to keep it (and the wheels) as free of debris / contaminants as you can.
Just my 0.002 eurocents.
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### Author:  [@240degrees](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/240degrees)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/maintenance-guide-schedule/9293/7 "2025-12-29T17:05:06Z")
That aligns much more with my expectations.
I’m seriously considering starting a YouTube channel for these sorts of topics. Anwyay…
thx
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### Author:  [@mich0111](https://forum.sovol3d.com/u/mich0111)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.sovol3d.com/t/maintenance-guide-schedule/9293/8 "2025-12-29T17:10:47Z")
You’re probably going to have a lot of subscribers.