Nozzle disconnected itself from heater/extruder during print

My topic on reddit might be use full? It happened to #metoo

EDIT; THE PART HAS BEEN FOUND: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:486580... Thanks to: https://www.thingiverse.com/jnkw279

Hi everyone,

Recently, my Adventurer 3 almost exploded during a print job. After some investigation, I discovered that a small plastic part from the extruder (as shown in the attached picture) had snapped.

I contacted Flashforge support, but unfortunately their response wasn’t very clear — either due to language issues or a misunderstanding. They sent me a link to a replacement part, but it turned out to be the wrong one.

So now I’m turning to the community: Has anyone else experienced this issue with this particular part? If so, how did you resolve it? • Did you manage to find a correct replacement part from Flashforge or another vendor? • Did you perhaps model it yourself in CAD and print it? • Would anyone happen to have an STL or other 3D model file for this part?

I’m even considering redesigning the part and having it CNC machined from metal or a more durable material than plastic.

To be clear: my printer has only been used for a total of less than 3 months (just under 600 hours), and it already failed — which is disappointing for such light use.

Any help, tips, or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated!

Also Not Looking for a paid service, also i have friends with printer and as you can see i did a quick and dirty temp fix using super glue. so i can try to print it tomorrow myself just not into reinventing the wheel ;-).

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