Bended hotend
Hi everyone, I'm sorry that I will look like some butterfingers and noob, but I menage to distort hotend ( in pictures ). Still I'm able print bigger and easy objects, but as soon hotend will pre-heat it starts leaking filament and small objects have tendency to make errors in print.
So crucial question - could/should I try to make straighten myself? If so, should it be in cold or hot state? Could be enough to raise Z axis higher, preheat and try to straighten it with pliers, or should I dismantle whole plastic enclosement and try to straighten it in cold state outside (I guess still with attached wires)?
Thank you (in advance) for any of your insight
RE: Bended hotend
If you have bent your heatbreak then you need to replace it completely. You will not get it perfectly straight again. At least not without some pretty specialised gear. That will also mean stripping down the extruder quite a bit too.