Thank you, Idk how but I must have unsubscribed myself from my thread somehow, stopped getting notifications. I appreciate you doing this, thank you!

Yea, Flashforge sent me a new z motor and threaded rod. I installed it and still have the issues, so its not the z motor or rod.

I actually just picked up another printer and the prints are coming out great, so definitely a problem with this particular printer. Here you can see photos of the lid with its oozesheild for both my problem printer and my new one.

Problem Printer:


New Printer: