Hey guys im trying to change out the nozzle on my e3d hotend. Any tips that could help me not break anything?
hold the heater block with a adjustable spanner ( a small one ) and then unscrew the nozzle with the nozzle spanner. and do it when the heater is on … ( don’t ever unscrew when cold )
Ok good to know. Thanx!
Don’t touch it with your fingers when it is on, see manufacturer’s disclaimer. (just kidding)
I stripped the freaking nozzle…
100% safe im sure. Its only at 285°C
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Stripped the flats of the hex or stripped the threads?
wrong spanner or wrong direction i guess!!!
Nope right direction. And i stripped the flats of the hex. Its no longer hex now its round lol
@Cristian_Martinez you can still grip it with locking vice grip pliers. Did you have the hot end at extrusion temperature? I’ve always had good luck with a small crescent wrench (spanner) on the aluminum block and another on the nozzle.
I had it at 285 i finally got it done
Looks like it’s too late, but my advice would have been “don’t”. Sounds like that advice would have been justified…
Lol i needed to try a different sized nozzle
I have a socket set aside just for my nozzles, less chance for stripping. I try a lot of different things so Im always clogging a nozzle here and there.
What size socket?
I always try to do a cold pull prior to changing nozzles. Even then, I bring it up to extrusion temp for whichever plastic I’m using.
@Cristian_Martinez 7mm.
Sweet im gonna try that next time. I need to get a new heatblock anyways this one survived being enclosed in a blob of PETG. Only 1 cable broke off in the removal process but i was able to put it together again. But everything else was heavily damaged. This was a while back but i definitely need that new heatblock lol
And this heat block and my newly installed nozzle just died to another PETG blob as well as both wires of my thermistor and my head break -_-