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Take the black plastic connector on the two white wires emerging from the back of the 

new thermal core and plug it into the black connector coming out of the active cooling 
fan assembly.

 

 

19. Push the heater wire connector and the slack on the heater wires into the cavity 

formed by the active cooling fan mount. 

 

 

Make sure the fan wire connector from the front extruder fan is also pushed into this 

space.

 

 

20. Add the fan assembly. 

 

 

With the fan assembly fully assembled, slide the 
ends of the fan assembly bolts into the two 

holes at the front of the bar mount. Slide the fan 

assembly all the way on, so that a small portion 

of each bolt emerges on the other side of the bar 
mount.

 

 

21. Add the motor assembly.

 

 

Slide the motor assembly under the extruder 

cap. The black plastic drive block should be at 
the side closest to the heat sink and the two 

holes at the lower corners of the motor should 

line up with the ends of the bolts from the fan 

assembly. Use the 2.5 mm hex wrench to tighten the fan assembly bolts into the 
motor.

 

 

The heater wires may get in the way when you try to secure the motor. Push them as 

far as you can to the side.

 

 

22. Plug in the motor wire.

 

 

Add the white plastic cable connector from the extruder cable to the top of the 

extruder motor.

 

 

23. Return the wire wrapping to the extruder cable.

 

 

Wrap the black wire wrapping around the entire length of the bundle of extruder wires.

 

 

24. Zip-tie the wrapped extruder cable to the extruder.

 

 

Position the zip tie as close as possible to the extruder cap and tie it as tightly as you 

can.

 

 

Summary of Contents for Replicator 2 Extruder

Page 1: ... Unplug power and USB cables 1 Detach the active cooling duct Gently pull the active cooling duct away from the nozzle Allow the duct to hang 2 Remove the extruder from the gantry Use the 2 5 mm hex wrench to unscrew the two bolts holding the extruder to the extruder carriage Both bolts are on the underside of the extruder carriage one at the left and one at the right 3 Free the extruder cable fro...

Page 2: ...connection that will release the connector easily 7 Remove the bar mount The bar mount is attached to the active cooling assembly with two black bolts Use the short end of the 2 5 mm hex wrench to loosen these It s difficult to get at the bolts so once they re loose it will probably be easier to loosen them the rest of the way with your fingers 8 Snip the zip tie securing the end of the extruder c...

Page 3: ...d the 2 5 mm hex wrench Flip the MakerBot Replicator 2 upright again 15 Exchange the old thermocouple for the new thermocouple in the extruder cable The extruder cable is a bundle of wires taped together at intervals At each place where the bundle is taped carefully cut the tape remove the old thermocouple from the bundle add the new thermocouple to the bundle and re tape the bundle 16 Slide old t...

Page 4: ...r mount 21 Add the motor assembly Slide the motor assembly under the extruder cap The black plastic drive block should be at the side closest to the heat sink and the two holes at the lower corners of the motor should line up with the ends of the bolts from the fan assembly Use the 2 5 mm hex wrench to tighten the fan assembly bolts into the motor The heater wires may get in the way when you try t...

Page 5: ...carriage and secure it with the two remaining bolts Snap the active cooling duct back into place 26 Return the extruder cable to the clips at the back of the MakerBot Replicator 2 Gently push the cable all the way into each of the clips The bar mount assembly replacement is complete ...

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