Kyle_fer 2 Posted November 13, 2016 in Filament Stuck Inside Heater Block.. :[ A friend asked if I could print him something, my filament snapped near the spool, After removing the filament, I started to do the Atomic Method to clean the head. After the head cooled to 90°C, I tried to remove the filament and not all of it came out... I removed the nozzle, but there is still filament stuck inside the head. I can see it when I look down the heater block where the bowden tube goes, but it's about 2 inches into the block, I cannot grab them with tweezers as it is out of reach, and I don't think trying to poke anything into the bottom blindly is a good idea.. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kyle_fer 2 Posted November 13, 2016 in Filament Stuck Inside Heater Block.. :[ Well, I fixed it. I was afraid of doing this at first but I did it, and I'm going to post my fix so it is made known. I had to take the head unit apart, after pulling the lower piece down, I pushed the cable from the top down to give some slack, keeping the 3 black pieces together, I was then able to heat the head up and pull the piece out at 90°C. Re-assembled, but I'm too tired to test if it's in working order now. Photo is after I removed the stuck piece. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stu_le_brew 31 Posted November 13, 2016 in Filament Stuck Inside Heater Block.. :[ well done, its not too difficult after you have done it once, as you will see next time. The only other council I would give you is to double check all the fans are functioning after the re-assemble as the connectors are not as well connected as I would prefer - I have soldered all of the crimped connectors on my UM2 fans Also the temperature will be higher for materials other than PLA, so ABS I use about 120°C good luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
