Fixing the Creality Sprite Extruder

Is there a schematic available for the Sprite Extruder? I had a slight clog this morning and a short piece of PTFE tube (compared to the one up top) came out from the hot end. Wondering if there are two separate pieces of tube or if mine snapped. I can only push each piece so far up/down instead of them going all the way through. Wondering if the tube narrows or if filament leaked out where the tube cracked.

Very helpful.

Thanks Tom. A helpful video.

Just cleared a fat blob that was jammed in there thanks to your video!! Back to printing 😩🙏

The thing about where to line up the tensioner nut was super helpful!!

Did all of this and still not extruding. Same model. I can’t seem to get it to extrude. I’m new and don’t know anymore trouble shooting.

Thank you so much for this info! I have been trying to repair my Ender Pro and this definitely helped me! I didn’t want to have to take this whole thing apart again! Didn’t know about this simple fix! This screw was definitely loose! ❤

Very helpful video.

Thank you so much for all this info! I'm a newbie and jumped into this hobby with this printer, whoa boy what a mistake! And your have helped me fix all the issues I've been having.

Informative and helpful thank you!

I just opened up the extruder but the nut was on the screw. It was almost topped out. I adjusted the nut to where you show, it clicks equally loud. I noticed that the gear teeth are quite large, compared to other geared extruders. I am left assuming that the tolerance is too great and the clicking is due to the teeth slamming the opposed tooth during retraction and against, feeding.

It is not stepper skipping. I can find no other possible cause.

I have a 20/20 eyesight and I plug the extruder in the wrong port. I don't have the BL-Touch and they are not one below the other, but still, stupid mistake. I was about to change some settings in marlin, glad I see your video first. Thank you so much!

Just bought the current iteration of the Sprite and already having issues.
Differences in the build are quite apparent.
I was sold on the Sprite because they claim it is clog free. PTFE is not present in this version. I have sworn off the stuff.
I had to break it down have a good look at why numerous attempts to load filament failed miserably.
Really took the shine off the occasion.
I was aiming to have a look at the dual gear drive and tensioner to see if it was operable. Just before that,
the heater block and heat break were pulled and I observed a short length of PLA stuck in the passage. It had fractured during the infeed.
Cause was determined to be a blocked nozzle,... right out of the box. Factory issue PIA. Never expected that.
Swapped it for a steel alloy spare that they ship as a backup.
I'm now rebuilding and have lost track of the screw designation momentarily. Hope it works, or the hole lot of it is going in the bin after I take a 5lb mallet to put it out of it's misery. Gladly rid myself of the headache.

JUST THANK YOU!!!!

Excellent pace and level of explanation - thanks.

Excellent video. Love the attention to detail

Thank you for the help

Thanks for the video. My issue was ABS in the feeder gears.

You are a legend. Thank you so very much for your tutorial. I spent 2 days trying to fix my ENDER 3V3 SE and I couldn’t regardless of how many tutorials I watched. Thanks to your short and effective video, I was able to get my machine running within 30 minutes and I’ve been smiling since ♥️ thank you so much

Checking in with a heavily tinkered E3v2. And when I say "heavily tinkered", I mean "The Whole Magilla". If it was an AR-15, they'd likely call it a "Mall Ninja Tacticool Special". It's my "Just 'cause I like to fiddle with things" rig. I finally pulled the trigger on the Sprite kit for it today 'cause I've been thinking lately that the stock hot-end is in need of a full "All-the-way-including-a-brand-new-set-of-fans" level rebuild after 3 years of medium-heavy service. Then I thought "What the heck - I've been looking for an excuse to get a direct-drive extruder for a while", so now, I should have the "Sprite Pro Kit" in hand sometime Sunday. Before it gets here, I'm making the rounds of the assorted "Sprite upgrade"/Sprite Review"/"Sprite Installation"/"Sprite etc" vids, picking up what there is to be picked up. Thanks for the tips!

Mine was exactly the same when I opened it

I have a brand new Sprite on an Ender 3 and it will not feed any filament. It just clicks. I had just replaced my other one because it was doing the same thing. I was printing like a champ and all of a sudden it stopped feeding the filament. Any ideas?

Hello there. I just wanted to thank you for making this video. It is well explained, and it has helped me sort out that exact same issue. Cheers. (By the way, I'd love to see more videos about what upgrades can be put on this printer... Filament runout detector, better hotend, what nozzles work best etc... things like that. thanks again)

Additionally check your 2 hot end screws while your there....mine came loose after 5 days and gave me lots of problems....thanks for a great video. Very helpful

This is such a good channel. Thanks!

Man I had the same issue as shown in the video, thanks for guidance! Love your videos, i hope you make more content about this printer

Coming from an Ender 3 pro, went to the Ender 3 v3 SE. Please, keep this videos coming, I gain so much knowledge from your videos. Appreciate it.

Thanks for this info. Definitely think this is linked to some of my problems 🤘🏼🍻

I ordered the Ender 3 V3 SE and I feel much more confident about setting it up and getting started after watching your videos on the subject.

My V3 SE also has the super annoying extruder clicking sound! BTW: Would LOVE to see a lot more videos about this extruder, the Ender 3 v3 SE, swapping nozzles, slicer settings, etc!

This video was a good find. Purchased a new printer a day ago and right out of the box the sprite pro had inconsistent extrusion and was squeaking while printing. I was about to return the printer but after finding this video and dismantling the sprite I found that it had this problem right from the factory. It is working perfectly now and I have subscribed to your channel. Thank you.

Gran vídeo, acabo de arreglar mi ender 3 s1 :))

Wow this vid promise to be awesome for my new printer!

Can you do a video on bed leveling? I'm having issues with Z offset. Worked for a while but now I have to manually adjust Z offset to get the first layer down to the bed. Thanks - love your channel.

Thanks for the great info 👍

Love this, thank you! Have you looked at any Hot End Upgrades for the V3 SE? I have been wanting to try and upgrade the Hot End but have been too afraid to mess with it since it's my first Direct Drive printer (I have an Ender 3 Pro that I've swapped HE's on but never a Direct Drive printer) and I didn't wanna mess it up lmao.

Do you like that build plate better than the stock one? I tried the glue thing but honestly a clean surface seemed to work better. Just got two V3 SE's.
I plan on doing some 2-3 day prints and need to make sure the bottom layer holds. So far the stock surface seems good enough but an upgraded build plate seems like a great idea too.

As always helpful videos. Thank you.

Thanks for a useful video.

I've had this same issue on my V3 SE. It started randomly clicking after about 40hrs of total prints time. I found this exact issue when I opened up my extruder. Thanks for posting this video of how to fix it! 👍

Always nice to see another helpful video with the newly recommended printers!

Thank you for the information 🙏 great videos. What are the good 3d printers

hello, i have question: do i need to calibrate steps per mm for extruder after doing that? i just did everything like in tutorial and im just wondering if i need to recalibrate it, i'm using Ender 3 V3 SE.

This one is a big help for me and my CR-M4

Ender 3 v3 SE guide sprite extruder retraction clicking noise I wonder if this helps this video show up when searching for this stuff in google

Great info, thanks.

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Clear and nice tutorial as always. Thanks!

Thanks

Great tip!