1 Topic by dubbsd

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Topic: MK4 causes tangle

will the mk4 fan duct keep this from happening?
I walked away for 5 minuites

http://www.dubbs-genealogy.com/sd3/Tangle2.jpg

Ultimaker S3.

2 Reply by tealvince

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Re: MK4 causes tangle

Is your idler bearing centered with respect to groove on the drive gear?  I found that I needed to move one of the washers around the idler bearing to the other side (so there's 3 on one side; one on the other) to center the bearing.

3 Reply by mm2tts

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Re: MK4 causes tangle

This happens to me whenever the nozzel is clogged.

4 Reply by IanJohnson

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Re: MK4 causes tangle

Mine loosens its grip on the PEEK as it heats up and lets the opening get out of alignment.  I have a kind of bar pushed on to the mounting knobs so the two sides of the mount can't spread apart.

5 Reply by cmetzel

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Re: MK4 causes tangle

Yeah there must be something else going on, there are so many of us using MK4 or previous versions without any issues.  I haven't had any clogs since switching to MK4 but I did have to move my drive gear to align it with the MK4 opening.

6 Reply by kkciampa

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Re: MK4 causes tangle

I also had this issue till I moved the hobbed gear, also a failing hotend did this a couple of times.

7 Reply by nickythegreek

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Re: MK4 causes tangle

dubbs, that is a great color.  What brand is that filament?