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Can anyone help me identify the cause of this extruder squeak? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Mastersmacks@reddthat.com to c/3dprinting@lemmy.ml

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This started happening after I upgraded my ender 5 to ezBoard V2

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[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago

I'm skeptical that it's the extruder as it doesn't even look like it moved during either click.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Is it actually extruding? Sounds like it might be slipping / grinding. Is your hot end plugged? Can you push filament through manually?

Edit: never mind, watched it again and can see the filament moving. I'm with the other guy on this, is it even your extruder?

[–] Mastersmacks@reddthat.com 1 points 5 months ago

No you're not wrong, the hot end is definitely clogged right now but thats a separate issue I was meaning to deal with after this one, and yes I'm positive it's coming from either the extruder or the extruders stepper motor, because when I put my ear directly up to it that's where it's the loudest and it gets stronger halfway through a "step"(1mm movement)

Now whether or not this is a mechanical thing or an electrical thing remains to be seen, someone suggested I do a full calibration which I'm currently working through, I've never done one which tbh might be the source of a lot of my problems