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Topic: Filament bunching up between extruder gear and E3D V6

This just started happening a few days ago after it has been printing pretty much flawlessly about 12 hrs a day, everyday for the past 3 weeks.  Any ideas as to what could keep causing this to happen?  This one is about 2 hours into a 2.5 hour print:
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Re: Filament bunching up between extruder gear and E3D V6

Looks like it could be a hard clog in the nozzle that's backing up the filament. I'd disassemble and clean the hotend.

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Re: Filament bunching up between extruder gear and E3D V6

Not sure where the design for the mount came from but it is missing an important detail. The inlet of the hotend should be much closer to the gear or there should be a tube from the inlet right up to the gear so there is no space for the filament to move in between the gear and inlet. The there could also be a clog.

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Re: Filament bunching up between extruder gear and E3D V6

It must’ve been a clogged extruder tip, took it off and cleaned it out, now it’s printing fine.  Also ordered more tubing so I can cut it a little longer, closer to the gears.

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Re: Filament bunching up between extruder gear and E3D V6

It must’ve been a clogged extruder tip, took it off and cleaned it out, now it’s printing fine.  Also ordered more tubing so I can cut it a little longer, closer to the gears.