Makerbot Replicator 2 Extruder Assembly

Like the earlier review by Chris, I was ready to abandon my replicator 2. I tried replacing separately the heater block, nozzle, extruder drive gear, and extruder drive assembly. Nothing worked. This was a final attempt to get it working again, and it works great! Honestly, I am surprised the old assembly worked as long as it did (I just checked the firmware on the printer itself, and with > 600 hours of print time!)

Simple plug and play unit, did what it said on the tin, machine up and running quickly with reliable high quality parts, and fast shipping which was a bonus

We were ready to throw our MarkerBot 2 in the garbage. We'd spent countless hours trying to fix the original extruder, including purchasing just about every subpart you can imagine. This was a last ditch effort to salvage the machine. So far 1 month in, we've had zero extrusion issue...no clogs!! This piece was a life saver!

This has solved all of the issues that I was having with my Makerbot Replicator 2. Even right out of the box when it was new it did not print as well as it is printing now!

I debated cleaning up and replacing each part that was old and quite busted on the original printhead and eventually decided to simply spend the ~$200 to get the entire assembly and I don't regret it at all. It was quick and easy to install, saved so much time and is printing beautifully. I feel like I bought a new $2500 machine. Well worth the investment and here's to hoping for another 6 glorious years (almost considered buying another one just in case)