Sovol Creality Ender 3 V2 Upgrade All Metal Extruder Aluminum MK8 Bowden Extruder 40 Teeth Drive Gear for Ender 3 Pro,Ender 5,CR-10 Series 3D Printer

Purchased to upgrade a "refurbished" Ender 5. I now have an improvement in prints. Next up is a new hot end, if I can recover from being homeless.

I installed this item while I assembled my Ender 5+ after reading the stock assembly wasn’t very durable. Happy with the product, it was a direct replacement with minimal hassle and a better quality parts.

Doesn't improve print quality really but made my ender 3 v2 feel much more premium, durable and the tubing is great for putting in the heat block with a spacer off thingiverse to prevent nozzle clogs more often.A bit pricey for what it is: an upgrade to my ender 3 v2 which is meant to be the ender 3 without its shortcomings.

Bought this as my springs were shot, the bed was never staying level ruining my first layer. Also my extruder was showing signs of age and starting to slip.I agree that the Capricorn tag being added in, which has a dubious print quality, leads me to doubt the authenticity of the PTFE tubing and I've had issues before with cheap PTFE tubing causing blockages so we'll see how this performs over time. So far I'm happy though.At the moment the bed is staying more level than it has for a long time and whilst I've had to tinker a lot with the flow rate to reduce the expected over extrusion (it was set up for the stock plastic extruder which was worn), I'm seeing the best prints I've had since I bought it.

Everyone seems to recommend upgrading the PTFE, extruder and bed springs on Creality printers so this kit fit the bill. Easy to fit and hopefully will keep my printer reliable and free of problems for a long while.While I never had issues with either my ptfe or extruder it seems a lot of people in the Creality community do and for the price its worth doing anyway for longterm.Dont expect this to fix all your issues but it will help prevent some of the main ones. Lot of newer people to 3d printing dont realise these machines are exactly that, machines not home appliances. Regular maintenance and troubleshooting is part of using them dont expect them to work flawlessly all the time like a vacuum cleaner or microwave.Highly recommended upgrade and great price for combined kit.

I got this for my Aquila as the feed arm can crack so I thought I would change to this alloy on just in case.The screw used for the spring retention is a little long but it wont be an issue. I cut mine down slight but works perfectly fine without cutting it down.

The product itself is well made but it is not compatible with our CR10S Pro V.1 as it does not line up with the filament run out sensor.

Only fitted the Capricorn tube to date as wanted to try printing with TPU. Seems to be good quality and tpu prints have been fine as long as I print on slower speeds. Haven’t fitted the extruded parts yet as my existing one is working will but will require changing at some point. Cheaper to buy the kit together than all the items individually. The grey extruded appears to good quality