# Heat Creep on Taz 6 Single Extruder 2.1 - anyone else?

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**Category:** Filament\
**Created:** [December 18, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/heat-creep-on-taz-6-single-extruder-2-1-anyone-else/4344 "2016-12-18T23:42:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![wermy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/wermy/32/9449_2.png) [@wermy](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/wermy)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/heat-creep-on-taz-6-single-extruder-2-1-anyone-else/4344/12 "2017-03-20T18:44:12Z")

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> [@nopick](#):
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> Yep. Insert the tube, tighten up the idler and adjust the slicer filament diameter and retraction settings. I had to retract a little more to prevent stringing.
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> I will post some pictures tonight.

Thanks! I’ve got a few rolls of 1.75mm PLA just sitting there, can’t wait to give this a try and see if it fixes my jams! 😃

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