Was building up my new e3dlite to replace my jhead I’ve been a little unhappy with. I really like the hardware that e3d uses, and I’m excited to change from 3mm to 1.75mm filament. However, I can’t get the fan screws all the way in, because the holes in the injection molded piece are too small. I’m guessing I should just drill the holes out a little more?
This is a common problem even on the normal e3dv6s. I’ve had 2 and one fan I cracked but still worked. I’d print a better fan mount on it because the fan mounts supplied with these hot ends are…junk.
I had the same problem on my E3DV6. I just forced 2 screws in as much as I could and used a few washers to fill in the remaining space…
I had the same problem and tried screwing the screws in without the fan so I would “pre-tap” them. I also added washers and then it held in place.
Drill them out very slightly.
Do them up a bit then undo and back in again further.
On both the V6 and V6lite it was mostly a matter of ‘slowly but firmly’ doing them up.
If you’re using a normal Phillips driver the screws will slip. You specifically need a PZ1 bit which prevents the driver/ screw slipping from each other.
Same problem assembling my E3Dv6 yesterday. Good advice on the comments here though. Right size screwdriver helps. Also turning each in little by little helps.
Run the screws in as far as they’ll go to get the holes tapped. Then look at how much excess there is. Take the screws back out and trim off slightly more than the excess you saw before. Of course, be sure not to cut new threads in the plastic when you put the screws back in. That will probably destroy the fan shroud.
Thank you for the advice everyone! Glad to hear it wasn’t just me. I took a small drill bit and widened the holes slightly.
I’ve found the E3D is very sensitive to retraction distance and can easily get blocked if you retract too far ( I use 0.8mm ), worth bearing in mind when configuring your slicing software.
@Sanjay_Mortimer , @Joshua_Rowley – Heads up.
i too had to drill the holes out to get them to fit
Thanks @Matt_Burnett I will keep that in mind. I was running as high as 3+ on the jhead sometimes.
Hey guys - sorry you are having trouble with the duct! This is actually the first I have heard of this (so sad you feel that way about our duct @Zane_Mitchell :’( )
Suffice to say that we don’t experience this problem here, but with that said, as @raykholo points out, the screwdriver is important and we do use tend to use a specific one to get them in. Maybe there should be a bit more clearance me thinks.
I will look into getting some smaller screws to make it easier (removing plastic from an IM’d part is not all that easy :P. In the meantime I will update the docs to make this clearer. Thanks for the feedback!
Agreed other than that I like my e3d.
dogpile: Just did a s3d v6 volcano, same issue. But if they stick out an extra mm: meh