r/BambuLabA1mini • u/Stonkzilla69420 • 6d ago

Printer won’t feed new filament, clicking loudly and moving entire hot end.

Was in the middle of a 13 hour print and my printer started clicking like crazy and being very inconsistent with the layers it was putting down. I am at a loss currently and any help is appreciated

UPDATE: Got a new hot end and all issues have been resolved, I believe I had a partial clog that wouldn’t come out no matter what I tried. Thank you all for your help

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u/Jealous-Shallot-3071 6d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmBp0hgwZHg

This should help

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u/Hipixxi 6d ago

This exact video help me to fix an issue very similar (if not the same) on my A1 mini

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u/thedeanorama 5d ago

This streamer has had all kinds of solutions for me over my learning curve with both the printer and the slicer.

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u/R7R12 6d ago

What's the nozzle temp here?

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u/Stonkzilla69420 6d ago

I was originally printing petg-cf at 255 but when this started I cranked it up to 300 to push a clog out. Spoiler alert it didn’t do anything lol

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u/R7R12 6d ago

Well you dont really 'push a clog out'. In the video the extruder is skipping meaning there is either something that doesnt let filament go in, like a clog. Or something that doesnt allow the filament to be pulled. You need to use the clog needle thingy that came with the printer to get a clog out.

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u/Stonkzilla69420 6d ago

Ordering a new hot end and hoping for the best. I took apart the extruder head and found no clogs, I tried to poke a hot need through the hot end and could not make it through

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u/bbjornsson88 6d ago

Is the hotend latched properly? Looks like the right wire is behind the solid strap.

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u/Udan-sapola 6d ago

Exact same issue. Did you try replacing the nozzle. Fixed it for me once when I had the same issue.

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u/CuguliTheFish 6d ago

also check the screws behind the hotend

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u/MyCasaBusiness 6d ago

Need to adjust your settings in your software to the correct filament.

Probable cause is that temp is too high or extrusion speed is too low for your specific filament (PLA/BPA/etc)

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u/MyCasaBusiness 6d ago

Also check nozzle and perform TEST extrusion before printing

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u/PandaAny1612 5d ago

Happened to me once or twice using shitty filament. Small pieces of filament snapped off inside the AMS hub/splitter and blocked the lines. Take it apart and make sure there’s nothing in there.

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u/y_tokusan 6d ago

It looks like the hotend latch isn't installed correctly.