The extruder clicks or skips
8 usi3d guides for “The extruder clicks or skips”, each with the likely causes, how to check which one is yours and the step-by-step fix, with each manufacturer's official sources.
3 apply to any FDM printer and 5 are for Anycubic, Bambu Lab, Creality and Sovol printers.
Each guide summarises the official documentation and says whether usi3d has already verified it on a machine.
Any FDM printer (2 guides)
- Filament ground or chewed by the extruder
The filament has a notch or flattened section and there is plastic dust or shavings in the extruder gears.
- The extruder clicks or skips
You hear a click, knock or snap from the extruder and sometimes the filament moves back a little.
Materials and filament (1 guide)
- TPU and flexibles: they tangle in the extruder, jam in the tube or the multi-colour system, or string
With TPU or another flexible filament, the filament buckles and tangles in the extruder gears, does not feed through the PTFE tube (especially on Bowden printers or long…
Anycubic (1 guide)
- Kobra S1: little or no filament comes out (hotend clog or error 11518)
On the Kobra S1 the extruder motor turns but little or no filament comes out, the extruder clicks, or the extruded line is thinner than normal and the walls have gaps.
Bambu Lab (1 guide)
- X1 and P1: the extruder clicks, chews the filament or is clogged (cleaning and greasing)
The X1 or P1 extruder clicks or grinds, there is dust or filament debris on the yellow gear, the filament comes out chewed or deformed next to the gear, or filament will…
Creality (2 guides)
- Ender 3 V3 SE or KE: no filament comes out, the nozzle clogs or the extruder clicks
On the Ender 3 V3 SE or Ender 3 V3 KE no filament comes out of the nozzle, the filament cannot be retracted, the extruder clicks while printing or its gear does not turn…
- The K1 is not extruding: the gear spins or clicks (jam in the extruder or hotend)
On the K1, K1C or K1 Max no plastic comes out of the nozzle even though the extruder gear turns, sometimes with knocking or clicking.
Sovol (1 guide)
- SV08: no filament comes out, the extruder spins without feeding or it clogs mid-print
On the SV08 the extruder turns but no filament comes out, loading works but it clogs during the print, the nozzle does not extrude although filament comes out once the…
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