Unresolved Extruder chewing up PLA like crazy

I have a new refurbished R1 + and I'm having some success with prints but also some problems. When I print anything longer than a couple hours I will begin under extruding. Once I open everything up I can see that my filament is all chewed up by the gear and there are filament shavings everywhere inside. The first time I did this there was tons of blue filament in there and I don't own any blue.

So I can clean most of the shavings out with a Q-tip and refeed my filament and print for another couple hours before having to go through the process again. I can't imagine that this is the normal process for everyone so I'm guessing something is up. I've also tried loosening or tightening the screws on the loader and it seemed to have no effect at all. I printed an oiler filter and that seemed to help at first but I think it only extended my time between clogs.

 

Ok I just tried the seasoning, I will post back with results. Is there a "better" nozzle that will provide me a smoother experience or just having a fresh one? And would I have a smoother experience printing in ABS rather than PLA? I've only used PLA so far and assumed it was more user friendly. Thanks!

 

I've been printing PLA for months now. After adding my oiler and refreshing the oil every roll I have had zero jams. (Knocks on wood).

I keep reading that ABS and the ROBO R1+ can be more problematic than other similar filaments.

 

So ever since I seasoned the extruder it seemed to help my problem but definitely didn't solve it. I also printed a new spool holder to reduce friction on the filament. Once I get the extruder working properly I can knock out long prints back to back easily but the problem comes once I switch filaments.

Once I change filament it starts my whole cycle of fighting the extruder all over. I have to take apart the tension springs, clean the gear with a qtip to get all the PLA shavings off of it and then load my new filament then once I close everything up and I move the gears by hand it extrudes just as it should. I start a print it acts like its printing but its laying zero filament down, then if I repeat the process of taking it apart and cleaning it a couple times I can usually just get it to go as it should.

My last couple color changes I've spent an hour plus in between finally getting it to start printing correctly and then once I do, like I said I can print and print and print zero problems. So now I'm afraid to change filament ever, I can't imagine this is how its supposed to work even with the "fixes" I've had to add and use.

 

I did both.

And after running into these problems I've tried re seasoning a couple times as well. I'm printing with Inland PLA from Microcenter.

Also everytime I pull out my filament it has gouges and chunks missing from it.

 

My printer is only a couple weeks old, but it was a refurbished unit. Do they not clean or replace the nozzle when it is refurbished?

 

Thanks for your help, I will definitely open a ticket.

 

I tighten down my screws hand tight all the way.

 

Just added some, gonna see if it helps. Thanks.

 

Ugh, didn't fix my problem. I've been messing with this thing for 6 hours today without a single successful print. Yesterday I completed 3, 5 hour prints with no problems. I knew I shouldn't have changed my filament but I needed a different color, now I've tried going back to the color that was printing yesterday and having the same issue.