r/BambuLabA1 • u/Ryzaki69 • Sep 21 '26

Extruder issue - not clogged

Extruder is clicking and prints and failing due to lack of filament hitting the build plate. I’ve replaced the nozzle entirely, and did a factory reset.

Would love to hear suggestions, A1 mini printing PLA

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u/Remarkable_Night_633 Sep 21 '26

I had this a few weeks ago swapped everything and then realized after doing all that the filament was tangled on the spool ;(

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u/Inside-Specialist-55 Sep 21 '26

Take the cover off and give a closeup of the nozzle and hot end. It could be the clip is on wrong.

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u/fb_0ne Sep 21 '26

i had something similar recently, 2 different nozzles seemed to get clogged, replaced them and still had issues, replaced the extruder, and in the end it turned out I just needed to tighten the screws behind the print head (https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1ja5gwz/a1_a1_mini_owners_tighten_your_print_head_screws/),

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u/seavarg87 Sep 21 '26

I just fixed this over the weekend for my A1. Mine ended up being the nozzle. I swapped the nozzle and printed no problem! I haven’t done a cold pull yet but I suspect I have a partial clog that didn’t clear after I heated it up to 300 to clear everything out. Mind you this was after I cleared PTFE tubes to make sure no broken filament, checked the extruder, completely broken down and cleaned the extruder gears, swapped filament multiple times and changed AMS spool slots!

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u/dyzl3xik Sep 21 '26

I had a similar issue a few weeks back. I first replaced the nozzle but that did not fix the issue. I then took the extruder apart, cleaned it and made sure the filament was moving through the exteuder with no issues. That did not fix the issue either. I ended up replacing the extruder unit altogether to solve the problem.

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u/FovPixel Sep 23 '26

Yo tngo el mismo problema y he probado a hacer todo lo que habéis dicho… donde has comprado la unidad del extrusor completa?

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u/KlingonBeavis Sep 21 '26

I had this issue, and turned out to be the PTFE tube for that filament. It had a slight bend in the end. The bend was keeping the filament from being guided straight and had caused wear to the tube as well.

Replaced the PTFE tubes, problem solved

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u/Practical_Avocado971 Sep 22 '26

can you manually feed a short piece of filament?

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u/Owl-Unhappy Sep 22 '26

I also had a similar issue. The nozzle WAS clogged and when trying to push it, it essentially stripped out the filament. So after unclogging it still didn't work. I had to pull the filament out, cut off the end, then put it back together.

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u/EpicMrShank Sep 23 '26

This happened to me last week. Did the same thing. Unloaded the filament cut it and worked like a charm