NEMA 17: Broken Motor or Too Little Torque?

59Ncm is roughly equivalent to 6kg force per cm. If the screw on your coupler creates a lever arm of about 2cm, that is about 3kgf.

So the question is, could you lift 3kg with a finger tip? I think you probably could, if briefly. So you are able to apply more torque with your finger tip than the motor is rated to produce. I really can't tell from a video what "hold it lightly" means. Your light touch may be quite different to mine :slight_smile:

Obviously, after the gearing provided by the final gear, the torque will be higher, so applying torque to the driving shaft may not be representative. I would try the test again with the worm gear train attached. To be honest, not really sure what this finger test shows without knowing the final torque required.