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Managed to get it going! Yippee! Printed the nut & bolt successfully! Thanks a ton for all your help!!! :) :) :)

You were right. The filament was stripped inside :( had a hard time getting it out, but managed in the end. However now I am having trouble putting the extruder back together. The cover wont snap on....

It is heating up. Tried pulling the filament while unloading but it didnt come out :( I am using the original PLA that came with the MakerBot. I think the problem could be that when I print the plate...

Watched the video and was able to open up the extruder fairly easily. No major issues except that my screwdriver kept getting stuck to the magnets :) and the spring on top of the nozzle came out as...

We are in India and had the printer imported. We have no warranty or support on it anyway :( Guess we'll have to open it up.

Yes it does grab the filament. Want to avoid opening it up.

Tried melting it today. Left to heat for 15-20 mins 2 times separately but nothing came out :(

Thanks. Will try heating its guts out on Monday and let you know how it goes :)

Yes the temperature does go up to over 200. The head is heating up. We tried touching it when the temp wasnt too high :)

The filament comes out easily when we unload and gets pulled in on loading. Sometimes there is a knocking sound. The loading process times out but nothing comes out of the extruder. What would you...

No it doesnt extrude at on unloading and loading again.

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We recently procured a Makerbot Replicator (5th gen) 3D printer and set it up as per the instructions in the manual. We loaded the filament in the extruder and a little bit of molten PLA came...