Orange clips breaking.
Each toolhead has five clips which hold the PTFE tube and cable bundle. These clips on my 5-head XL have started breaking. A few of them barely hold onto the PTFE tube or the cable bundle; things still work because the other clips still hold it in place. I've noticed it since getting an enclosure, so I'm wondering if this might be temperature related and I should print them in a different material.
I've also noticed that some of the bundles lean left (towards toolhead 1) rather than being straight up, which makes them rub against each other when the low-numbered toolhead is in use.
Has anyone else here encountered this problem, and if so what have you done about it?
RE: Orange clips breaking.
I have 5 and no issue with broken clips.
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Chuck H
3D Printer Review Blog
RE: Orange clips breaking.
I have a pre-release 5T XL. T1 bundle had started leaning well to the left, T4 and T5 bundles to the right.
I have now replaced the 3 cable strips with these: https://www.prusa3d.com/product/cable-strip/
Are your clips breaking or just unclipping? You could buy a new set: https://www.prusa3d.com/product/cable-clip-set/ or print new ones yourself: https://www.printables.com/model/449554-xl-printable-parts/files but note that on my printer, the clips only connect to the PTFE tubing at positions 1, 2 and 5 (counting from the back). Yours may be different.
I have not had any of the clips break, so if yours have actually broken, then that may be a manufacturing issue. I really don't think it would be due to the enclosure.
Peter
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