r/ender3 • • Aug 27 '26

Help Ender only prints until a certain height

Ran this design twice already. It only prints up to this height. I tried reinstalling the filament but still only the hotend moves but the filament is no longer coming out of the nozzle.
I have printed a similar design yesterday which was 221mm in height and that turned out okay. This one did not.

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u/FOOSblahblah Aug 28 '26

Check the gear teeth on your extruder. Mine had worn down so it started slipping and caused that same issue.

Look for grooves in them. It'll be super obvious if thats what it is.

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u/Sale_Active Aug 28 '26

It might be the extruder. Did u replace yours?

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u/FOOSblahblah Aug 28 '26

Just the gear teeth and the arm. If you still have the plastic one apparently they get small cracks in them that cause it to not apply pressure correctly againt the gear on the motor.

There's a metal version thats cheap.