extruder upgrade hitting back of gear.

[kristen 0]

The button head on the tensioner block of "bertha's upgrade" is pushing my big extruder gear outwards. Should I throw a 3rd washer under it. This would offset the extruder gear and the drive gear on the stepper motor. The drive gear sits a bit cock-eyed on the shaft as well so there's a spot every revolution of the motor that binds up against the extruder gear. Do these issues wear themselves in after a bit of use, or should they be taken care of now during assembly ?

Thanks

[joergen 2]

you need to put one or two extra washers on the hobbled bolt, and slide the small delrin gear a bit further out on the stepper shaft

[Daid 306]

Also make sure all the screws are inserted from the proper side, as they should extend away from the gear, else it won't fit properly.

[kristen 0]

The new tensioner is 5mm wider than the extruder's body. Assuming it's sitting nice and symmetrical that means it hangs out 2.5 mm on the gear side, plus another 1.5mm for the button head of the screw meaning a minimum of 4mm. Each washer's only 1.5mm, so it takes 3 washers, simple enough. What I really need is a straight gear for the drive motor, then the extrude gear wouldn't be binding up and walking all over the place.