3Dman Extruder Creality Upgraded Aluminum Review

I've been printing with this extruder for several hundred hours with no problems. I should mention that this extruder is about 3-4mm taller than the standard extruder found on most Creality printers. You may need to make adapters or washers to fix the thread guide. As mentioned in other reviews, when installing, make sure the driven gear is the correct clearance from the housing. This should avoid most of the durability issues that some people have written about. Another issue to note is that…

Product Quality: This assembly is well built, but take some time to inspect the part of the gear that engages the filament. If it doesn't match the product image, exchange it. Quality control isn't great, but you can easily get another one thanks to Prime. I've had three from different vendors so far, I've only had to send one back. Assembly: No instructions. The new block is installed in the reverse order to the removal of the old block, although there are functional and visual differences…

I bought 6 of these and have used 3 on my machines, I will install the other 3 maybe this week. (I have multiple machines.) Out of the 3 installed yesterday, I'm already having trouble with 2! After 3 hours of printing, I found that the pressure was only half as much. The gear on the motor was loose so the filament wouldn't push through. I made sure the screw was on the flat side of the motor shaft and tightened it very tight without pushing it to the limit. In the morning the equipment was…