Creality Upgrade Ender 3 Extruder, Ender 3 V2 Upgrades Metal Extruder Aluminum MK8 Bowden Extruder 40 Teeth Drive Gear for Ender 3 Pro/Ender 5 Pro/Ender 5 Plus/CR-10 Series 3D Printer

Its made out of metal.

great deal , enough PTFD tube for 2 printers

No bed leveling springs! Thats what I wanted the most.

Installation was pretty simple. It holds up well but the force of the overall grip from the spring sits to strongly on the filament. And it grinds the filament instead of feeding it through the Bowding tube. There might be stuff online to help me with the problem but its still a hassle. It clogged my printer very badly, so just a heads up for some who buy this model.

Works well. Couldn’t get some of the parts on, but I didn’t need too. Overall I would buy it again

I started having no end of issues with our Ender V2. Prints were garbage sometimes, acted like the bed wasnt level, filament balled up under the nozzle, and so forth. Spent forever cleaning off the plate, tweaking the leveling and Z offset, etc. Finally after some Googling, determined my issue was inconsistent filament feed. Replaced the stock feeder with this one, and everything was back to normal - prints like it did when it was new. Took about 20 min to swap out, all the parts seem to fit fine. The stock feeder is craptacular junk. Get it off there and replace it with a better one. Our original one lasted for about 2 kg of PLA before we started having issues. Im only two prints in, but so far so good. Dont know about longevity yet. You may want an even better one if you use more abrasive filament or use it a lot more than we do. For ~$11 Im happy with it.

Best immediate upgrade for Ender users. Period.

get on youtube watch a video and there you go

Bought this to replace the plastic one on my Ender 3 V2 after it cracked. Seems much more durable and my prints seem to be coming out more consistent than they did before!

I have had nothing but trouble with this extruder. Assembly was straight forward and easy but my praise ends there. This extruder simply does not work for anything outside of simple standard parts. If you are looking to print anything with detail, particularly articulated pieces, this extruder will make your parts fail. It doesnt matter how much I fine tune my extrusion, retraction, and other related setting, this extruder wears through my filament every time. After 1 month I am already yanking this off of my machine to try something new. Junk!