Extruder not feeding enough plastic
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:58 am
Greetings,
I have been printing with my Mecreator2 for about 5 months now and it has been a great machine. The last few days i started hearing clicking from the extruder motor when printing. The printer was no longer feeding a sufficient amount of plastic. prints were coming out with layers that could be pulled apart easily. I suspect the clicking from the extruder motor was from kick back from not being able to feed the plastic.
Anyhow, i figured that maybe the nozzle was just getting clogged from much use. I had purchased the aluminium feeder from geeetech and figured that now would be a good time to change it. I changed the entire extruder assembly. New motor, new feeder, new nozzle, new tube. 100% change out. The problem remains. It still clicks and it still fails to feed enough plastic. I'm getting very poor prints.
Please help me with any advice. I don't know what to do from here. What else can cause this problem besides the extruder assembly?
Thank you for any assistance that you can provide.
I have been printing with my Mecreator2 for about 5 months now and it has been a great machine. The last few days i started hearing clicking from the extruder motor when printing. The printer was no longer feeding a sufficient amount of plastic. prints were coming out with layers that could be pulled apart easily. I suspect the clicking from the extruder motor was from kick back from not being able to feed the plastic.
Anyhow, i figured that maybe the nozzle was just getting clogged from much use. I had purchased the aluminium feeder from geeetech and figured that now would be a good time to change it. I changed the entire extruder assembly. New motor, new feeder, new nozzle, new tube. 100% change out. The problem remains. It still clicks and it still fails to feed enough plastic. I'm getting very poor prints.
Please help me with any advice. I don't know what to do from here. What else can cause this problem besides the extruder assembly?
Thank you for any assistance that you can provide.