I have had second thoughts on how the knee gibs are adjusted.
Slacken off the front facing bolts one at a time and tighten finger tight.
Slacken fully the locking lever screw.
Hold the adjuster screws while slackening the lock nuts and then slacken the screws 1/2 turn.
The knee should be free to move up and down.
Screw in the adjuster screws until they just touch, starting from the central ones and working outwards and check for the gib just starting to hold the knee from moving easily. Tighten each locknut in turn while holding its adjuster screw.
Finally tighten the bolts and check that the knee can be moved reasonally easily with the wheel.
If I were going to do this, I would first remove the bed and Y axis, the knee, their leadscrews and nuts plus the bevel gearing for the knee and throughly wash and relubricate every part. And make sure the rubber guard at the back of the bed was in good order. The gib on the X is a taper gib.