I spent entirely way too much time trying to get one of these style extruders on my Ender 3. Maybe I picked a knock off without realizing it, maybe mine was just defective, I’m not entirely sure.

But it was ultimately the cause for my printer underextruding on certain layers. If you need a new extruder, go for something better than these cheap $20 ones and get an actually decent one.

But on the bright side, my printer is finally fixed! It feels nice to be able to get back into the hobby again.

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    11 year ago

    I bought one of these and had a lot of trouble, until i figured out when installing it I accidentally mixed up the spring from the plastic extruder and the new one. Once i swapped them it was fine.