I'll start with pointing out the one mistake I noticed. When inserting the spring I believe the tab comes to the end with screw. You placed it in the wrong end. It was originally in the wrong end and you were able to pull the gear out because of that before removing the top screw. All in all great video and helped me step by step doing the job. And btw the funniest moment was when both of us pulled the toothbrush out at the same time. I smiled there. Great video thank you.
Your videos have been phenomenal for getting maintenance done on my X1C, as well as helping me solve problems. With every one of your videos I watch, I become more comfortable at understanding my printer and figuring things out on my own. So thank you fo your time, thank you for the CLEAN and CONCISE instructions, and you have my subscription sir.
Wish I came across your video yesterday would have saved me a lot of frustration. This by far is the best how to extruder video. Got a love the humorous bits ❤❤❤
Bit late with watching this, but your video will be more help than the Bambu Wiki, so well done for making it. My E3D Obsidian 0.6mm nozzle got clogged yesterday, as did the extruder using PETG-CF. It was right awkward to get out, but all is good now, and I really cannot complain as it's been in almost two years this is the first time I've had a nozzle clog/extruder blockage, compared loads with old E3D V6 style hotness in lower end printers.
@@techwithkramer No problem, but I should say the X1C has been running two years, and the E3D Obsidian was a recent purchase in the last four months or so, but I was running 0.6mm nozzles and filled filaments from early on, and I am impressed with the lack of clogging and lack of oozing I’ve had all the time up to this with this printer.
My X1C extruder seems to have some goop over the connector. I can't see where it plugs into the smaller circuit board. Is that normal, and is it safe to pull it off like you did?
Yes, you are correct. Even though it works both ways, the “hat” should be on the screw side. I added the correction as text but seems like the text is not showing depending on what platform you use.
Mine had somehow clogged inside the wheel :O As in, the plastic had created a blob on the filament itself and made it impossible to remove the extruder gear :( If this happens to anyone else, make sure you don’t remove the filament sticking out of the top of the extruder, since cutting it off means it’s much more difficult to get the clog out. you can get a small tool (I used a small hook tool designed for SMD electronics) to pick and tear at the filament inside until it breaks inside, then pull on the filament and you should be able to remove the extruder gear and clean up the rest. Just note, the hotend is probably also clogged if this happens. I used a sodering iron to remove the blob of plastic in the opening of the hotend (not the nozzle) untill it was clean. Then I heated up only the hotend (without a fan attached to not risk damaging the fan which I’ve done too many times) and was able to manually push filment through. Then for good measure I did a small ”cold pull”. My guess as to how this happened is that there was a clog in the nozzle. I used the menue on the printer trying to extrude plastic. When that did not work I reversed the extruder and tried feeding it again. The filament was probably still hot, so when the extruder tried to push it down it simply compressed it causing it to blob. Sooo… don’t do that…
Yes,you are correct. I added some text to it but it’s not always showing -depending on what device the video plays.Luckily, it works both ways (to my own surprise).
I am having a lot of problems the last couple of weeks with clogs in my printer. But it hapens mid-prints (for example after 16 hours of printing). How is that possible?
Most of the time its heat creep. This is when the filament is getting melted too early, too high up in the hotend. Specially if you are using a PEI plate which is hotter than the cold plate. Open the front door and the top and if that's not enough, try to lower the temp of thebuold plate a little (if you are using PLA).
@@techwithkramer These are indeed the advices bambu gave me as well. However,I always print on a cool plate, and opening the lid and door, and decreasing the temp with 10 degrees to 210 for PLA is not working... You have any other ideas?
What brand of filament are you using? If it’s not a major brand, the diameter could be off from time to time that could clog. I myself swear on the brand Overture
Dear Sjr, I appreciated your video right up to the portion of video where the picture was reversed. I was surprised that no one else has mentioned this error. I look forward to other viideos..
Only thing with this video is when he puts the spring back in, the metal piece that looks like a top hat was supposed to go in on the screw side of the spring, not the other side. His video it looks like he put that piece on the opposite side of the spring, not on the side with the screw.
I put mine together the way he did in the video, and I thought to myself I thought that piece went on the other side. But I thought I must be wrong, and followed his video. It's working fine, with no issues, but that piece definitely goes in on the side where the screw screws on and not the side he put it on. So keep that in mind if you follow this tutorial
You are correct all the way. I tried to add some text with the correction but it only shows on certain browsers… but yes, it needs to be the opposite side, even though it works both ways. Thanks for trying it too 👍🏻
@@techwithkramer yeah it’s works fine, mine is backwards, and I’ve been printing non stop with no issues. So must not matter as long as that spring is compressed. But great video very detailed.
