I shared a video of the problem, it’s hard to describe with words. Can you help me solve it?

  • IMALlama@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That doesn’t sound like the gear slipping to me, it sounds like the stepper motor trying, and failing, to step. My i3 clone would do this when:

    • the extruder was too close to the bed (obviously not the case here)
    • it was way too cold
    • it was clogged

    Assuming you’re preheated, remove the filament from your extruder, cut about 5 cm off, and give it another go. Note that you may need to unclog your nozzle with a cold pull, but on my i3 it tended to clog at the extruder gear.

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      1 year ago

      Another thing that can cause this is if the extruder motor overheats. Is the cold end fan running? Is the motor hot to the touch?

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      1 year ago

      I was able to remove the filament, and I cut some off and reinserted it, but the same thing happened.

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        1 year ago

        Is your nozzle clogged? I would remove your nozzle and see if you can extrude cold. If you can, there’s a clog in your nozzle. If you can’t then there’s something upstream preventing filament from moving.

      • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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        1 year ago

        Take the nozzle out and see if you can feed the filament through then. That’ll tell you whether it’s a clogged nozzle (most likely) or stepper/bearing/driver issues (less likely).