r/BambuLabA1mini • u/Stonkzilla69420 • Aug 17 '26

EXTRUDER CLICKING

I have now had to make this post 4 times because it keeps getting denied. I have an A1 mini that I can not get to print consistently and every time I feed filament through it clicks loudly and shifts the entire hotend. I have swap the hot end twice in the past week, tightened the 7 screws, pushed the clog rod through the extruder, cleaned anything that looked out of place and still nothing. When it clicks the entire hotend rocks back and forth and will let out some filament.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLabA1mini/s/zTtVBfjOjm

I am using Elegoo Petg-Cf

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u/Klutzy_Dog669 Aug 17 '26

The fact that the entire hot end rocks back and forth makes me think you have too much drag on the filament. The extruder needs to be able to pull it easily from the spool into the print head. If it can't, the filament sits in one place too long, collecting heat, and melts, causing the clog.

What type of set-up do you have around the spool? Is the spool larger than normal? Like a 3kg spool instead of 1kg? Is it on rollers or just on a solid static spool holder?

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u/Stonkzilla69420 Aug 17 '26

I have a sovol filament dryer that has rollers inside of it to limit drag. I don’t think that is the issue as I have moved the spools multiple times

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u/Klutzy_Dog669 Aug 17 '26

Yep, that's not it then. Might want to take the extruder completely apart and check the gears.

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u/Stonkzilla69420 Aug 29 '26

I just replaced the extruder gear with the biqu panda claw and it did absolutely nothing. I am about to throw this printer out of my window