Solved E-3d-v6 jam

Hello all,

I recently purchased and installed the e3d v6 hotend for 1.75mm filament, and installed it on my robo3d R1.It has now suffered a jam, and I need to figure out how to clear it, preferably without damaging the ptfe tube

It suffered a jam recently with red hatch filament,(pictured: ) and upon further inspection i believe the cause was that the heat sink fan broke a wire. that being said, I need to figure out how to clear this jam, and i can't unscrew the heating block or the nozzle.

Any ideas how to clear the jam?

Thank you,
Bushwookie

 

Hi Geof, Thank you for the quick reply.

I have heated up the end, and i managed to get the teflon tubing out, but it unfortunately has a pretty severe clog. I believe i can fix this by simply drilling out the clogged filament from the threaded rod part (i forget the name of it, but it goes between the heat sink and the heating block) using a suitably small bit, and then replacing the ptfe tubing which can be readily found online. Does this seem like a reasonable course of action?

-Bushwookie

 

okay, good to know. Thank you! I'll try that before taking a drill to anything. PTFE tubing i wont even bother undoing. i can get 2 metres of the stuff online for like 7 dollars, so ill just cut some more.

Thank you again for the help!

-Bushwookie