# Filament Jam

**URL:** <https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/filament-jam/1170>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [January 22, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/filament-jam/1170 "2015-01-22T02:03:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![beolson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/beolson/32/9223_2.png) [@beolson](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/beolson)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/filament-jam/1170/1 "2015-01-22T02:03:37Z")

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I was printing on my Taz4 last night when the filament (LulzBot PLA) stopped extruding. The extruder turns, and when I looked at the filament it was ground down at the hobbed bolt.

Tonight I removed the nozzle (following the instructions in the manual). The nozzle was clear. I tried heating it up to 190 and tried to push the filament though (with the nozzle still off). I let it heat for 20 min and tried pushing again and it sill did not move. Finally I tried heating it to 200 and tried pushing again. Still nothing.

Not entirely sure where to go from here. Any advice would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![beolson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/beolson/32/9223_2.png) [@beolson](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/beolson)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/filament-jam/1170/2 "2015-01-22T02:51:22Z")

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I got it cleared. Heated it up to 200 and just let it sit there checking it every 15-20 min. After about an hour I was able to pull the filament out. All good now.