10 Bambu Lab Maintenance Steps You MUST Do!

Here are 10 Bambu Lab Maintenance Steps you Must do to keep your Bambu Lab 3D Printer working great!

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[greghumphreys]

You've produced several videos on the Bambu Lab printer that have been useful to me, and I just wanted to say thanks.

[jraiello]

A few suggestions, do the cleaning of fans and extruder before other maintenance. This will avoid getting crap on your newely cleaned and lubricated z rods, camera, fiber rods, etc. just makes sense, rough messy stuff always first. Appreciate your video, just reorient the sequence of steps.

[WatchMe]

Fabulous video for new owners. I'm 90 days in and am going to check every one of the 10 suggested items.

[kyleirelandtech]

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro - 10 Maintenance Tips
0:14 Note - Bambu Lab Printer Compatibility
0:35 Removing AMS
0:51 Removing Top Glass
0:57 Cleaning Rods / Belt Tension / Error
1:09 Turn it OFF!
1:18 2mm Wrench - Loosen Four Screws
1:30 Isopropyl The Rods / Moving Head
1:41 Wipe until Dry / Paper is clear
1:59 Moving Gantry - Front to Back
2:08 2mm Wrench - Tighten Four Screws
2:19 Turn it ON! - Self Test Button
2:31 Very Important Steps Completed
2:40 Cleaning / Lubricating Z Lead Screws
2:55 Keep it ON!
3:03 Move Bed to Bottom of Printer
3:13 Lead Screws Cleaning / Isopropyl Thin Coat
3:39 Applying Synthetic PTFE Oil
3:46 Small Drops goes a long way!
3:53 Homing to spread Oil
4:03 Applying Oil to lower Lead Screw
4:15 Cleaned and Lubrication Completed
4:21 Recommended Lubricants
4:31 Quick Message - Thank You!
5:03 Extruder Cleanup
5:12 Lift Off Front Cover / Compressed Air
5:23 Optionally Remove Extruder and Clean
5:41 Cleaning the Fans - Important!
5:56 Compressed Air - While OFF!
6:16 X1 Carbon - Cleaning Lidar Lense
6:40 Cue Tip and Isopropyl - Lidar Lense
6:48 Gently Cleaning Lidar Lense
6:53 Lidar Lense Cleaned!
7:03 Cleaning Camera - Cue Tip
7:19 Gently Cleaning Camera
7:34 Camera Cleaning Notes
7:42 Checking Filament Cutter
7:50 Filament Cutter Replacement Frequency
8:18 Remove Hot End Cover
8:20 1.5mm Hex or Allen Wrench - Cutter Arm
8:58 Nozzle Wiper
9:20 2mm Wrench - Change Nozzle Wiper
9:48 Note on supplied Cutters and Wipers
9:58 X1 Carbon - Check Carbon Air Filter
10:14 Changing Carbon Air Filter
10:47 Changing Desiccant
11:23 Optionally Cleaning Dust AMS
11:34 Closing it up!
11:43 Maintenance Completed!

[Engineerboy]

Good job on the video. I will not be using paper towels though, I will be using microfiber towels. Thank you for posting this video. I just got my first printer 3 days ago and I'm trying to learn all I can. I got the X1 Carbon and so far I absolutely love it.

[harrymorris]

Thank you for the video! What are the 4 bolts that you loosen at the beginning of the video, and what purpose does it serve to loosen and the retighten them? thanks!

[omnitravis]

I really like the gta death effects when you miss bolts and things, its great. Thanks for all the info.

[jasonconstant]

I watch this video every time I maintain my X1C thank you so much for the great videos. I would appreciate it if you added sections to your videos especially this one, so we can quickly navigate to the different steps! I love your simple and easy presentation style and your obvious vast knowledge of 3d printing.

[MrSims.Untold]

You have inspired me to start 3D Printing and I thank you. You make feel comfortable about 3D printing. All your information really helps me a lot I can’t thank you enough.

[michaelm]

After a month of printing on my XC1 Carbon, I was looking into doing PM on it. This video is spot on for what I was looking for. I appreciate you being awesome.

[Cheddarsharp]

I just got mine in yesterday and waiting to set up this weekend.
Saving this bad boy for monthy maintenance.
Thank you so much for providing this for use newer to 3d printing people!

Also all these x1 videos makes this the easiest subcribe of my life <3

[guillaumemolter]

This video got you a like and subscribe. With this machine being the “first 3D printer” for many users, I was surprised no one had done this already.

[nicholasferrara]

thankyou man u helped me figure out some things i didnt know about my printer.

[KnodsilMemeMaker]

Thx for the guide. I have the X1 Carbon printer for a year at this point and have been casually using it. Truth be told I havent thought about actually maintaining it, but I am going to order the items you used and give my printer the care it deserves.

[juansoriano]

thank you man, amazingly useful!!! keep going with the bambu lab struff!! MEGA CLEAR all the explanation

[koryyyy]

I love that translucent extruder, mine is black and I had to take it apart 2 times to remove a piece of filament.

[SuperFABRICATOR]

Very useful and helpful video. Just received my X1 Carbon and so far aIready have about 100 hours on it and it’s quite a machine. Thanks again and now I’m a new subscriber.

[jesniels]

To the point, no BS'ing around.. Love the video, including the embedded humor :)
I would also look at the fans, as they can collect dust.. Note: unplug if you want to use air cleaning, I learned that the hard way when a driver transistor on the mainboard fried.. Just wipe the blades down, he he :D

[link]

Definitely DO NOT spray IPA or any other cleaning agent onto the rods, spray onto a cloth and then wipe. Spraying in the enclosure results in covering the belts (rubber and alcohol don't mix, will dry out and crack), covering the linear Y rods and removing all the grease from inside which you can't repack, spraying onto the rods is terrible advice unfortunately. Follow Bambu's maintenance guides to prevent damaging your machine. Also probably best not to use oil on the lead screws, oil can run down the screw and into the stepper motor below (very bad), again there is a reason why Bambu specify grease and not oil 😵‍💫

[monkeywrench]

This is still the best maintenance video I’ve seen. If you have any additional maintenance tips, please let us know. And Thank You very much.