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

Installed this on my Ender 5 plus and works great no problems so far.

This is a must upgrade.

Easy to assemble and works as expected.

I ordered this to immediately upgrade my Ender 3 pr. I was skeptical of this because it was an all in one kit, but the result was great. Im really pleased with the difference in the springs. The bowden tubing is enough for 2 machines. I put the metal extruder feeder on during setup, so I wasnt able to compare print quality, HOWEVER, there was an obvious quality difference in the stock one vs the metal one. Note: Make sure you switch out the couplers and dont mix your hardware up with the stock stuff. It took me a bit to figure out that the couplers were different and an upgrade. Theyre are the ones that gently bite the tubing.

With the Capricorn tubing I can now print with hotter filaments like PET. If you have an Ender 3 pro you have enough tubing to change it 3x. I never had problems with the plastic base or handle, but the new metal handle shaves the filament at the entrance hole. The filament also rubs on the Z motor rod. The motor gear gets worn out quickly which causes the grinding and skipping of the filament. From the looks of it they give you the same type of gear. Overall its a good set up for new possibilities.

Awesome for OEM replacement. Also printed TPU first try with a 3 hour print with zero issues. Installed on a stock ender 3 with 1.1.5 board installed. Did not expect to print TPU with this but it surprisingly works great

My stock plastic extruder feeder had crackeddand was causing the filament to constantly slip and underextrude. I purchased this thinking it would fix all my problems. It did not. This pinches the filament too hard and there is zero adjustment to change how hard it grips. Now my failment gets bound up because of too much bend.

Easy replacement for my stock one after a coupler snapped in half inside of the top of it.

The couplers seemed to have torn up my PTFE tubing and caused a few of my prints to fail JUST before it finished. overall a good product, but ill be getting different and better couplers.

This is leaps and bounds above the Ender 3 v2 extruder. It is easy to install. I am now experiencing zero slippage while printing. Absolutely recommend over the plastic OEM part.