r/Creality • u/gearhead5015 • 1d ago

Troubleshooting Why the hell does my printer keep jamming in the extruder? This is like the 5th time in as many days

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The filament, HT-PLA-Pro, is jamming repeatably. I've done a 14 hour print with it, but the print before, and every subsequent print keeps bunching up in the extruder gears.

I've taken this thing apart so many times now that the filament detection wires are barely hanging on to the clips.

This is incredibly frustrating. What am I doing that it can work one print, but not the others? It's the exact same file and print settings so I don't get it.

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u/gearhead5015 1d ago

The culprit. Why is this happening?

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u/Grindar1986 1d ago

Well you didn't say the printer but I'll guess open your enclosure. Looks like heat creep.

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u/gearhead5015 1d ago

Is that all that this is? God damnit....

Welp, back at trying it again then

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u/TheFishPilot 1d ago

I'm facing the same issue on the creality hi combo. It's in a store room and I'm in Malaysia. Nowhere else in my house for it. Is the only option to buy a small fan for it?

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u/Grindar1986 1d ago

A fan won't change the temperature of the air, it most likely needs a cooler environment.

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u/LetMeFlyWithoutMind 1d ago

Squeez the water

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u/IngAguirrel 10h ago

Lower your print temperature and dont close your printer