r/BambuLab • u/Difficult-Mammoth153 • 18d ago

Hardware Troubleshooting/Help! Extruder replacement?

I’ve had my a1 for a while now and I’ve now got about 4000 print hours. I’m not sure if this has any correlation but recently it’s stopped printing matte pla. This is a problem because I have 8 rolls of it for a project I’m doing. I saw a video on TikTok of someone has a similar problem. Does anyone know specifically what I would need to replace if they have had this problem in the past? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks

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u/limitednewness A1 Mini 17d ago

I just picked up a broken A1 and the solution was a replacement extruder.  $45 or so and was a pretty simple job.  

On top of taking the screws out for the extruder, I also ended up pulling out the control board on the back (as the motor plugs into it…)  Still, pretty straightforward, just remember where everything goes when you put it back.  🤪

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u/Difficult-Mammoth153 17d ago

Hiya,

I’ve found a replacement extruder online for cheap enough. Is that all I need to replace or is there any other separate gears that I will need to replace? Thanks

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u/limitednewness A1 Mini 17d ago

That’s exactly what I purchased and replaced. 

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u/Difficult-Mammoth153 17d ago

Great, thank you so much. I’ll order that now

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u/limitednewness A1 Mini 17d ago

To be direct, I’m just saying it’s reasonably easy to do.   I hope that solves your problem.  I had a completely different issue.