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I spent entirely way too much time trying to get one of these style extruders on my Ender 3. Maybe I picked a knock off without realizing it, maybe mine was just defective, I'm not entirely sure.

But it was ultimately the cause for my printer underextruding on certain layers. If you need a new extruder, go for something better than these cheap $20 ones and get an actually decent one.

But on the bright side, my printer is finally fixed! It feels nice to be able to get back into the hobby again.

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[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the yellow spring is extreme overkill. That might be one of the causes for the problems. Too much tension isn’t good. maybe try installing the stock spring if you’re having problems.

I ended up replacing the whole extruder with a micro Swiss one because it was causing me such a headache.

If I ever have to use the old one, I'll give that a shot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

More power to you. Happy printing :).