Quote Originally Posted by bigo93 View Post
1) You have a clog. The ticking sound is the motor unable to extrude the filament.

2) Temperature is not high enough for the filament you are using. It's not melting so the motor will not extrude, which again makes the ticking sound.
Again the thermisters arent accurate, It might say 200 degrees on your printer, but the real temperature may be 180. You need to find the correct temps for each roll of filament you use.
When loading the filament, the extruder heats up to it's preset value. So increase the preset to increase the temp used for loading and unloading.

Hello guys.

Reading the thread you seem to have cured your problem. Any insight into any thing in particular as a fix?

I have tried to remove filament with the extruder apart, also tried excessive heat (Pre-Heat@250) in order to melt whatever is blocking the nozzle.

Not really sure how to proceed... dissemble and clean tubes / 0.4mm drill bits / Threaded feeder tubes / possible replacement parts.

Found UZTHEDENTIST on youtube with mods and fixes(ideas above).

This is my 2nd printer from CTC (printchainstore) that took them 5 weeks to replace. I have started proceedings on ebay, upon arrival of the 2nd printer the PSU Fan bearings sound warn and whine while trying to spin up, not sure if the fans have a cut off if there is too much resistance on them that they stop. Now the extruder failing to function. Has been a right game so far.

see my links to youtube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkMYvZ1Iuvc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtkMNSur50k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akfPGWbRdW8

Any help is appreciated.
M2ATG