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extruder not staying in place

Posted by printer999 
extruder not staying in place
January 07, 2014 08:53PM
hey I had to clean the inside of my extruder because it was clogged and now I cant get my extruder to stay in place. It keeps falling out of place and I just cant get it to extrude becasue of that. Any suggestions?
Re: extruder not staying in place
January 08, 2014 01:57PM
You mean the hotend? Assuming you have a JHead and the barrel won't stay in the insulator?
Re: extruder not staying in place
January 08, 2014 06:16PM
If it's really the hot end - which sort of mount are you running? There are several variations.

Assuming you are using a Wade's derivative extruder (and we aren't talking about the hot end):

There are two bolts and nuts that pull the extruder down to the carriage. If the nuts have stripped out, you will either need to re-print the extruder base or shim them.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/08/2014 06:17PM by uncle_bob.
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