⬢This guide will take you through the replacement of the hotend fan on the Original Prusa MINI.
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How to replace a hotend fan (MINI)
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- How to replace a M.I.N.D.A. sensor (MINI)
- How to replace a print fan (MINI)
- How to replace a hotend PTFE tube (MINI/MINI+)
- How to replace a heatsink (MINI/MINI+)
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- How to access and clean the extruder-pulley (MINI/MINI+)
- How to update firmware (MINI/MINI+)
- How to replace a print head PTFE tube (MINI/MINI+)
- Height adjustment of M.I.N.D.A./SuperPINDA sensor (MINI/+)
- How to replace a heatbed (MINI/MINI+)
- How to replace an extruder motor (MINI/MINI+)
- How to replace SuperPINDA (MINI/MINI+)
- How to replace bearings on the X-axis (MINI/MINI+)
- How to replace bearings on the Y-axis (MINI/MINI+)
- How to replace a heatbed set (MINI/MINI+)
- How to replace a hotend fan (MINI)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Tools and fasteners necessary for this guide
- 3. Additional heatbed protection
- 4. Opening the box with the electronics
- 5. Removing the textile sleeve (old design)
- 6. Removing the hotend fan
- 7. Hotend fan - parts preparation
- 8. Hotend fan - parts alignment
- 9. Hotend fan installation
- 10. Guiding the cable bundle
- 11. Guiding the cable bundle
- 12. Guiding the cable bundle
- 13. Connecting the new hotend fan
- 14. Covering the electronics
- How to replace a heatbed thermistor (MINI/MINI+)
- How to replace a hotend heater (MINI/MINI+)
- How to replace a heaterblock/heatbreak (MINI/MINI+)
- How to replace a hotend thermistor (MINI/MINI+)
- How to post-process the printed parts
- How to trim PTFE tube - Original Prusa printers
- Replacing the PEI sheet on the (MK3S/MK3/MK2.5S/MK2.5)
How to replace a hotend fan (MINI)
⬢2.5mm Allen key (1x)
⬢Needle-nose pliers for zip ties (1x)
⬢Zip tie (4x) will be used later
⬢Cloth or piece of fabric 15x15 cm (1x)
The cloth will be used to protect the heatbed. You can use any similar material.
Make sure the printer parts - print head and heatbed are cooled down at room temperature.
Turn the printer off and unplug it from the socket!
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Before these steps, it is recommended to protect the heatbed!
⬢Take off the flexible steel sheet.
⬢Use any cloth or piece of fabric, which is thick enough and cover the heatbed. This will ensure you won't damage (scratch) the surface during the disassembly.
⬢Release and remove the M3 screw on the box with the electronics.
⬢Remove the printed cable cover.
⬢Lift the second electronics cover slightly. Before you remove it completely, pull it first towards the aluminium extrusion to release both pins from the holes.
⬢Cut off the first zip tie on the hotend. Avoid cutting the print fan cable!
⬢Cut the remaining 3 zip ties attached to the extruder.
⬢Carefully remove the entire textile sleeve from the cable bundle. Avoid pulling the cables (e.g. you might accidentally change the position of the M.I.N.D.A. sensor)!
⬢Press the safety pin on the connector and disconnect the hotend fan from the board. Do not pull out the connector without pressing the pin, it may damage the connector or the board.
⬢Loosen and remove both screws on the hotend.
⬢Remove the hotend fan together with the MINI-fan-spacer (the plastic part between the fan and the heatsink).
Keep the printed part for a later use.
⬢For the following steps, please prepare:
⬢New hotend fan (1x)
⬢Zip tie (4x)
⬢MINI-fan-spacer (1x)
⬢Place the fan with the cable facing up as shown in the picture.
⬢Make sure the sticker on the fan is on the bottom side.
⬢Place the fan-spacer part as shown in the picture. The cable guide groove must face up.
⬢Place the fan on the fan-spacer and align the two marked holes on both parts against each other.
⬢Place the hotend fan with fan-spacer on the heatsink. Align the screw holes on the fan with the screw holes on the heatsink.
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Insert and tighten the two screws. Tighten carefully, you can crack the plastic frame of the fan, also ensure no cable is pinched.
⬢Guide all the cables including the new fan cable upwards.
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Merge all cables leading from the hotend together and guide them up. Don't pull the cables, leave some slack around the fan.
⬢Carefully wrap the sleeve around the cable bundle.
WARNING: Read this first, don't overtighten the zip tie around cables, leave some slack or you might break some of them!
⬢Secure with a zip tie to the fan-spacer.
⬢Double-check all cables aren't stretched, if so, please cut the zip tie, make them slightly more loose and tighten the zip tie again.
WARNING: Follow these instructions carefully! If you mount the cable bundle at an incorrect position, you will have issues while printing!
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Start by rotating the lead screw until the X-axis is all the way up.
⬢Move the print head all the way to the right and ensure it is touching the printed part.
⬢Bend the cable bundle slightly and use the upmost zip tie slot to partly tighten the entire bundle.
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Add the EXTRUDER motor cable to the bundle and use the textile sleeve to cover the cables all the way down to the electronics.
⬢Check whether the textile sleeve can reach the inner space of the electronics cover. If not, you left too much slack above the X-axis, readjust it.
⬢Go back to the X-axis and check once again, that the print head can move all the way to the right without being pulled back by the cable bundle.
⬢Tighten the zip tie, you've installed in the previous step, but use a reasonable force or you might break the cables. Rotate the zip tie's head to the left.
⬢Add a second and third zip tie. Again, tighten carefully and rotate the heads to the left.
⬢Move the print head all the way to the left to ensure there is no collision between the zip ties and the fan's casing.
⬢Connect the fan connector to the appropriate socket. See the picture for more detail.
⬢Gently push the cables inside the box.
⬢Before covering the electronics, make sure the square nut is correctly positioned in the printed part. The nut must not fall out! This can cause fatal damage to the electronics.
⬢Insert the cover back in, make sure it is properly seated in the holes.
⬢Place the second cover on the top and arrange the cables:
⬢Extruder bundle, ensure the textile sleeve is partially in. Also, it must be tilted away from the printer.
⬢Heatbed bundle, ensure the textile sleeve is partially inside the box.
⬢Filament sensor cable (optional), ensure that the textile sleeve wrapped around the cables is partially inside the box.
⬢Now, tighten the second cover. Check that no cable is pinched.
⬢...and it’s done! Enjoy your printer ;)
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