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Discussion in 'Troubleshooting' started by John in MS, Apr 7, 2016.

  1. John in MS

    John in MS Active Member

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    I hope my problem can be resolved easily as I just hit my six months of warranty coverage.

    I just installed a new extruder this week. It was printing fine and I took off the oiler to facilitate a tall print.

    That print finished fine but starting a new print the PLA filament stopped coming out at a good stream

    I can manually push PLA a heated hotend fine. Its a good stream that does not curve back up which I understand would warrant a clog. But when I press the E+ nothing come out even with the stepper motor doing it thing. There are no cutting into the filament. What would stepper motor problems look like?
     
    #1 John in MS, Apr 7, 2016
  2. Geof

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    I take the stepper motor off and try to use the control panel to move It when I think I have a stepper problem. If it turns like it should your bound up probably due to a partial jam
     
    #2 Geof, Apr 7, 2016
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    I'd check for a jam before anything else
     
    #3 Geof, Apr 7, 2016

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