Answered Broken Feed Bearing Mount

Well, the fun never ends with this thing. I knew there was going to be a learning curve, and I would need to be replacing parts and fixing things, but I did not expect so much of it so soon. Well I just got my printer printing pretty good finally, and when I went to change the filament, the little lever that you push back on to release it broke right on off. I need to request a new one, but have no idea what its called. Im gonna try to super glue it in the mean time, and maybe I can print a replacement if it holds up and I can find the part.
I was just hoping one of you guys on here could tell me what its called so I dont have to call it the filament clippy thingy.
Thanks,
Mike

 

I think they call it the greg's wade hinge:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:69794

That's 3 in one day. wtf

 

My paranoia is going to get me printing a ton of replacement parts now that you uploaded the solid models.

Could have had some water in one batch of parts. Wet plastic wrecks havoc on injection molded stuff too. Makes it all really brittle.

 

Something was definitely up with the plastic. My springs were not tightened very much, and I wasn't putting much force on it when it broke. Thanks for the link to the parts. Im hoping the superglued part can hang on long enough to print a replacement. How much pressure does it really need to have on it to be able to print? Do you think it will work ok if its just barely tightened?

 

Thats what I was hoping. Im gonna give the super glued part a try as soon as its dry.
Thanks

 

I wouldn't bother with the super glue. What I would do is get a couple of washers just big enough to get at least 2/3s contact with the "hinge" Feed in your filament first then put your springs in with the washers against the plastic broken part. That will last plenty long enough to print a new part.

 

Thank you so much for the suggestion. It seems to be working just fine with the washers, my replacement part is printing as I type this.

 

NP, glad to help.

 

Woot! The replacement feed bearing mount is done and installed. Fits perfectly and actually feels stronger than the original part, or maybe I just want to think that. In any case, if anyone is wondering, I printed it at 0.3mm layer height, at 80% infill in simplify3d. It came out practically solid. I did have to file down the channel where the bearing sits a little bit, but not much. Thanks again for all the help.

 

hi sorry to revive an old thread, my part just broke as well, it's the whole back hinge, basically where the pivot point is.
im currently holding it together with zip ties, but im not getting good print results. it seems maybe not as much filament is going through as it should, so the print is coming out 'airy', layers are not bonding, and its very brittle.
I don't quite follow the washer instructions, can someone elaborate please? thanks!