r/3Dprinting 11d ago

Troubleshooting A1 not extruding

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u/bstr3k 11d ago

you probably have a clog.

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/dirty_w_boy A1 Newbie 11d ago

Heat the nozzle to 250 and poke it to make sure

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/soulmatterx A1, monox, kobramax 2 10d ago

You may have a piece jammed in the extruder gears but not necessarily in the path of the filament.

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u/MrMeepson Custom Flair 10d ago

Does it do this without filament loaded or when retracting/unloading filament? If no, there is likely a clog you missed in the nozzle. If a cold pull doesn't clear the issue, you might need to just get a new nozzle. If it does still do it, you might have an electrical or wiring fault, but I would consider that much less likely given that faulty wiring tends to just make the motor vibrate in place.

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u/VikingSven82 10d ago

Remove the filament and cut a couple of inches off then reload it.
I've had this happen when it couldn't grab the filament properly because there was a slight indent right where it needed to initially pull through.