all you need to do to remove the heatbed to remove the temperature monitor is remove the 4 plugs, remove the bolts underneath, CAREFULLY lift the bed and flip it CAREFULLY then use a Philips head screw driver to remove the screw holding the monitor and a tiny flathead or needle nose tweezers to remove the glue. pretty straightforward from there.
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Yes, but not many need to replace the sensor. The recall will require you take the base of the printer off.
then, if you want, you may take off the bottom, but it is not necessary for just removing the sensor.
Dont really think this is new or useful information.
I don’t understand your post. You can already disassemble the heating bed, but you have to remove the cables in the base station. That’s why you have to take the printer apart
you don’t HAVE to remove the cable unless you have a faulty one, lots of people dont have a faulty cable and only need to replace the sensor. that is what this post is about.
i am aware, though others may not, i just wanted to make it apparent so unaware people became informed of it.
Oh sorry. I misunderstood. I thought it was about replacing the cable, not the sensor.
Because you write in the title: Simple way to remove the heatbed without taking the printer apart
For the Sensor replace, of course you are right.
It’s actually just about the cable, but BL sends the complete unit, i.e. cable with print bed
yes, I see that now and how it could be easily confused with something else. thanks for pointing that out!
though I can’t change it now since it has more than a certain amount of replies.
for some that may be beneficial. but my heatbed cable is perfectly healthy, so I will not be using the new one, at least until my wire goes bad. always good to have a spare though.
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I would replace it anyway and keep the old one as a possible spare. If the cable does short out it might blow the AC board inside the printer, which is probably going to be a lot harder to find a replacement for.
The heating bed including the cable should be changed after you get it.
Because you never know if it breaks what further damage it will leave behind.
That’s why I don’t think it’s for nothing that BBL says that you should definitely stop printing with it until the new one is available.
Summii, it is easier to leave it on and print a wire supporter to keep it from kinking, Rovex32, same thing, but there are devices you can plug into your wall to prevent over-drawing power, I will admit, I do not believe that it will help much, but a heat cuttoff will.