<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Feed Wheel eating filament]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/10909/feed-wheel-eating-filament/ Fri, 10 Jul 2015 15:26:52 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Feed Wheel eating filament]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/100787/#p100787 A picture or a video would be helpful.
Mostly I agree with the previous responses.  May be you don't have a tension adjustment but then there is a spring that applies the tension of the bearing to the filament.  Its only purpose is to hold it tight against the drive gear.  If it is too loose the filament will slip and if it is to tight it will pinch the filament.
With your hot end up to temp you should be able to open the tension arm and push filament down through fairly easily.  Then try extruding and if it is still slipping try adding some tension to the arm.  You could put a spacer on one end of the spring  to add tension.
If none of the above is the problem then you either have a temperature issue or your nozzle is clogged again.

]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2015 15:26:52 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/100787/#p100787 <![CDATA[Re: Feed Wheel eating filament]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/100786/#p100786 Don't have either, but if I'm not mistaken they use an L-shaped pivot arm with a vertical spring load on one side.  Can you pinch the lever down (as if you were going to load filament) and does the arm pivot freely?

]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2015 15:26:22 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/100786/#p100786 <![CDATA[Re: Feed Wheel eating filament]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/100784/#p100784 So I have been very busy since I posted this and am now just getting back to. I have no idea how to do this on my printer. The WB and WB apprentice do not have the same assembly as the other SD's and I cannot find documentation for this.

Does anyone have one of these printers that could help me out?

]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:34:18 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/100784/#p100784 <![CDATA[Re: Feed Wheel eating filament]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/94141/#p94141 you need to losen the feed wheel ball bearing you have it pinching in to tight

]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2015 17:20:05 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/94141/#p94141 <![CDATA[Re: Feed Wheel eating filament]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/94136/#p94136 The little wheel on the other side of the filament is pressing against the filament ?

]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:24:13 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/94136/#p94136 <![CDATA[Feed Wheel eating filament]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/94124/#p94124 So I thought the nozzle was clogged. So I took it all apart and cleaned it out good. I put it back together and the feed wheel is still grinding the filament instead of feeding it into the extruder. I am using ABS. I tried samples from 4 different rolls even including a brand new one that had not even been open. Also to rule out it is not the filament being pulled to tight or knotted up as I tried even just a small snipping and it would do the same thing.

]]> Sat, 25 Apr 2015 13:35:00 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/94124/#p94124