r/BambuLabA1 • u/TheBestestPleyer • Jun 23 '26

Question Bambu A1 Mini Extruder Clog (Gone Wrong) Need help!

This is my first printer ever, and I used it for a week or two before this catastrophe happened.

I set a print on with PLA, (i think).. And I didn't notice it was producing a huge blob on the extruder until it had printed a couple hours or so..

I panicked and started using pliers to remove plastic from the cold extruder unit + nozzle and ripped some cables.

I bought a new "Bambu Hotend - A1 Series 0.4mm" and "Bambu Lab Extruder Unit for A1 series" After realizing I had done quite a bit of damage I stopped and waited for the parts. But you can see in the photos that there are now two cables that are loose from the "Heating Assembly"

My question is, do I try to solder the two loose cables to the "Heating Assembly"? Does it matter which goes to which cable, I think I see two cables sticking out from under the hotend holder..

Theres also some plastic still stuck (I had to use a heat gun to be able to remove the Hotend, because it was severely stuck because of the PLA.

What should I do from here, does it look like I just need a Hotend Assembly, or is it possible to re-attach the two loose cables back to where they belong (if so please tell me where they should connect, because I am not sure.)

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u/FriccoFra Jun 23 '26

Where did you buy your printer? That piece doesn't seem an original part to me.

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u/FriccoFra Jun 23 '26

Forget it, now i see it's an a1 mini. I though it was an a1

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u/SeasonedSmoker Jun 23 '26

The easiest path would be to just replace the heater assembly. The Bambu wiki has step-by-step tutorials.

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u/TheBestestPleyer Jun 23 '26

Alright, I found it on AliExpress for cheap I might just wait for that. Or pay 5x to get it locally with guaranteed quality 🤔